I don't think all music that is considered 'avant-garde' is bad, but it's definitely elitist. I hope my music is not that.
I took a page out of the U2 book. They've always had a universal approach. Nobody doubts they're Christian, but there's an open door for everybody in any faith to consume the music at any level.
I want to do all types of music, music for all people. I want my music to be encouraging, to help people.
I've been aware of my gay fans since album one. There has been such great support from that community and it has gone both ways.
I don't make music for Christians. I make music for everyone. I make music for the masses.
Well, I never made a record to be in the Christian market. So when I made my record it was to exist in all of the markets. I grew up not really listening to tons of Christian music and if I did it was in the context of all the other music I listened to. So when I made the record I definitely had plans and visions and dreams.
In my songs there are no bad words, so kids can sing them, and girls can identify with singing with them, too, because it's not like a man singing reggaeton.
That's because we did not set out to make black music. We set out to make quality music that everyone could enjoy and listen to.
Taylor Swift's audience can listen to me, but so can the street kids. I want to touch it all.
As long as there is democracy, there will be people wanting to play jazz because nothing else will ever so perfectly capture the democratic process in sound. Jazz means working things out musically with other people. You have to listen to other musicians and play with them even if you don't agree with what they're playing. It teaches you the very opposite of racism and anti-Semitism. It teaches you that the world is big enough to accommodate us all.
I searched YouTube for 'deaf music videos' and watched them with the sound muted. I noticed that though you could understand the words being signed, the sense of rhythm was lost. That's when I had the idea to create a video where you could see the sounds you couldn't hear.
I'm not making music for old people or young people. [It's] for everybody that wants to listen to it.
To come to a concert and hear a lot of songs from a female perspective should not make men say, 'Oh well, that's for women'.
I don't want to make music only for Latinos. The idea is always to make a global sound.
I really don't separate male from female ever with music, I really don't.
We need to work on creating a more inclusive music experience. I'm really so frustrated with going to festivals and there not being any closed captioning or interpreters.
I really do think everybody can sing.
I don't do black music. I don't do white music. I do fight music, unified in Christ music.
Some people are saying that my music is not for Burberry, it's not for fashion. I know where they're trying to go but if you're saying my music is only for deprived and sad people, then you're not helping me and you're not helping yourself. It's meant to be for everyone.
A Tribe Called Quest music was so inclusive, so conscious, it brought such a community together.
One of the advantages of pure congregational singing is that you can join in the singing whether you have a voice or not. The disadvantage is that your neighbor can do the same.
We just allow anybody to listen to our music. All ages are allowed!
Let's have the music that will open the door to millions of people... the kind of music that will not make people think only of the song or even of the singer... not music that is confined to the merely personal.
Mozart composed his music not for the elite, but for everybody.
This band is a real collaboration, and I'm greatful to anybody who can appreciate our music. It doesn't have to be a certain kind of fan or person or anything. I think there's a little bit of something for everybody on this record.
