Innovative Sounds Quotes

Hip-hop is one of the most free art forms there is. There's so many sounds you can use, so many things you can bring in. You never know, man. I bet years ago people would've never said they would hear me with Rick Ross, and we did four classic songs together.

Free music, to me, is music without boundaries. It's music that... says you don't have to play a blues in three chord change. See what I'm saying? Music that can go from any range.

Making sounds that literally no one has ever heard before because the software and the technology's never been there, and pairing that with great songwriting, then that's what's exciting for me. That's what I wanna do.

I have always had an audience for my music, even in the very avant garde, crazy times.

I'm drawn to the stuff that's maybe a little bit on the fringe. Part of that is just practical sometimes. We can't compete with the major labels for some acts, so you figure, "Okay, what could I introduce to people, or what do I like that is within my means?"

I'm just trying to avoid any sort of generic kind of music - I don't want to do generic jazz or fusion.

I wanted to create a bridge between experimental music and pop.

I think the thing I've always tried to do is - and I didn't plan it, it just started to come out that way - is try to make challenging music that flirts with accessibility.

It was a great time to be making music because everything else was changing.

I have more to offer than music that is automatically dance.

Music is all of a sudden much more colorful.

I've always tried to expand what heavy or loud music was and where it can go and what it can do.

I've always been very progressive and as much as I play Old World music, I have this progressive tenacity to keep adding futuristic elements in subtle ways where you won't notice.