Sonny Sandoval Quotes

I don't want to limit myself musically. It would be really limiting if we'd neglect something we really want to do, like explore other styles of music.

I cannot be confined to just one or two kinds of music.

I feel comfortable in my pop shoes. They let me walk in any direction. I like to go from one extreme to the other. One day I feel that I want to do a song with reggaeton influence, I do it. The next day I feel I need to do a song with rock elements to it, I do it.

I really like to think of each record as its own thing. So, for sure, but I hate the idea of being stuck in anything. Like I want to do a Hawkwind-style record too, or a noise rock record or a hardcore record. Why not, you know? I would just not want to keep heading too far in one direction, without pulling off and going the other way.

Music is music; you don't have to put a label on it.

I love music. I love every kind of extreme sort of music, and many different genres, and if I were to have to dedicate myself to just one kind of genre, I would feel kind of gypped. I'd be like, man, I wish I could do this or that. And really all it takes is trying it out.

People come in because they like 'Old Town Road.' They'll find out that I'm just not going to stick to that.

I discovered that I didn't want to be strict like a German composer.

I like hearing fiddles, steel guitar, acoustics up loud - really rock & roll stuff but with a country sound behind it. That's just who I am. I'm not trying to prove a point; I am just doing what I like. But I don't have any problems with any other artist coming in and doing their own thing.

I can't just turn over and sing disco or rock.

I never excluded any genre on my first record.

It's funny; people get so doctrinaire about music. It should be the last thing you don't have an open mind about.

I like writing different types of music. I don't like being stuck into one thing.

I've done the country, done the pop-rock, done the super-hard electro.

I can play punk rock, and I love playing punk rock, but I was into every other style of music before I played punk rock.

I never set out to be part of a genre, because I listen to all types of music.

I found the blues too limiting, and classical was too disciplined.

I like to work with artists who are as wide in their musical taste as I am.

I like to sing covers of songs that are at the extreme ends from what I usually listen to.

I love that I can play around with all types of music.

Music is music. It doesn't matter if I am trying to aim at country or trying to aim at pop.

For me, genres are a way for people to easily categorize music. But it doesn't have to define you. It doesn't have to limit you.

When it comes to music, we should be hoping for as outlandish a Republican candidate as we can get.

When I first started singing, I didn't know which direction to take - I sang rock & roll and all kinds of things.

I never looked or really believed that music should be categorized into particular genres.