Musical Progression Quotes

If you've followed us from when we started playing live in October 2010, you will notice that there has been numerous changes over the years.

What you have to understand is that blues... it's in a line from the oldest forms of African music. If you're playing it like it's an echo of the past, it would be a lot less exciting, but this music lives today.

It's a wonderful thing to be able to see your music going from generation to generation.

People in rock had this idea that rappers aren't talented. In my opinion we're better writers, we think deeper, and our concepts are harder - Rap evolves faster than any other genre.

It's like with me, I feel like I was never one of those rappers that, you know, stayed in one time warp.

People resist change; if they like something, then they want you to keep doing it over and over - but I think if you like what a particular band or artist does, then you should want to see what they're going to do next.

Music became my focus. At 13, I was jamming with my mates. At 15, I was playing clubs.

When you do something in music and see it happen again in the next generation, you know you're on the right wave length.

I'm not God's gift to rockabilly. There's great players out there, and some of them deserve a lot more than they've gotten.

I want to grow as an artist, and I'm taking a step out. I want my music to mature.

Music is all about wanting to be better at it.

I grew up listening to The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and every record those bands put out was very unique in its own right. I have that mentality. too: if a song sounds like something I've already done, then I'll throw it out, because I want each record to be a progression.

What I'm hoping is that every album I'm going to do will give my audience something different, and that they'll grow as I do.

Beethoven was ahead of the times, Bach behind them.

Music has to keep moving. But I was lucky. For me there was always something around the corner.

People are very adamant about maintaining a certain sound or a certain era, like, "There were three years of rap that were great, so let's just keep doing that." The genre itself is just stuck in place. It's been treading water for a while.

You can't write the same book twice. Though I've been in historical musical situations, I can't go back and do that again. And though I run into artistic crises, they keep my life interesting.

I'm sure as I progress the sound may get cleaner but right now, I'm still interested in having it rough but never overwhelmingly so. I consider myself an amateur pop songwriter and I want that to come through, too.

One chord is fine. Two chords are pushing it. Three chords and you're into jazz.

I think people like listening to what I call trippy music but maybe next year it will be something else. I still have gangster tracks and real-life stories and situations in my music. I’ve been blessed because over 20 year, I never stopped doing what I was doing. It’s pretty much the same thing and I’ve never really changed anything up.

Joanne' is a progression for me. It was about going into the studio and forgetting that I was famous.

There are a few good 'psych' groups but too many never change from their first appearance. They don't develop.

I played the coronet first, and then I upgraded to the trumpet. First song I learned on there was 'Hot Cross Buns.'

I want to make a better record than I made the last time. I want to grow. I want to discover new things about myself creatively.

To be honest with you, I don't have one track that I consider better than the next because all I'm trying to do is still grow as an artist. I got way better since the early nineties, as far as putting words together. My best energy probably was the '90s, because I was new.