Engelbert Humperdinck Quotes

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

When I was younger I didn't really know what genre of music I'd want to do because I'd always done so many different types, so many impressions.

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

I can make any type of music, so I wouldn't want to describe myself as having one type of sound. I think music is about keeping it diverse.

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

Jazz is not the format where I want to stay, but it really is a starting point for me.

I like writing all different kinds of songs. I've wanted to run the gamut of artists.

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

I want to explore all genres.

I never called myself a jazz singer. I just call myself a vocalist because I love to sing all kinds of things.

I listen to all kinds of music and sometimes I try to do something that's referential to an era or a genre, but it still sounds like me.

I feel like I've always been drawn to a very diverse range of music and I've always enjoyed experimenting, so I'm not quite sure where exactly my music will go.

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've always had a close connection to both rock and classical music.

We always thought it strange that nobody was up on that stage playing soul stuff. Maybe people were playing it in their garages, like us, but they always reverted to pure rock when they got on stage.

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

I'm just experimenting with every different type of music you can imagine and seeing where my voice lies and what sounds best. I think when I do finally do the album it will be very eclectic - just loads of different stuff on it. That's what I am hoping.

Obviously I got known for some other songs early on, and some of those were rock'n'roll songs. Some of them were melodic pop songs. And I've done lots of different things, as you know, but every so often I get drawn back.

I have a very eclectic taste when it comes to music.

Some people think I'm a rock 'n' roll musician and some think I'm a jazz musician but, for me, there is no difference.

I'm quite an eclectic musician.

All along, I did what I was comfortable doing, which was to play the music I enjoyed and try to stretch the parameters a bit. Country and bluegrass and folk were my foundation.

Creating any type of art is all about mood. I've been making extreme music in one fashion or another for decades. And truthfully, Down has a big enough fan base to where I could remain content to do only that, but music is a vast territory and I am an explorer. And I'm a lover of all things considered extreme in music.

When we started, a lot of bands sounded really different from one another.

If you only ever heard Lady Gaga, she's the most boring singer in the world.