Quotes About Genre

I never saw myself as a folk singer.

I want to produce a country album for a country singer.

I love a lot of music that's considered folk music, but I also love a lot of music that's considered punk or considered rap. I don't mind being called a folk singer. But it seems a bit limiting. I want to be able to write whatever kind of song I want.

I started as a lyrical singer. But it was through the pop universe that I reached international fame.

I didn't say I wasn't gonna do rockabilly. I just said I ain't gonna sing no song that ain't a country song. I won't be known as anything but a country singer.

I am not a jazz singer. I wouldn't place myself on that footing. I wouldn't even enter that arena.

I'm not a jazz singer.

Every time a new rock singer comes out they don't say, 'Are you the new John Lennon?' Every time a new rapper comes out, it's not, 'Are you the new Dre?' I am never sure why this sort of genre, the categorization is so strong. I have not earned the right to be called the young Sinatra, but give me time.

The biggest question I have is if you're a rock singer or a rock 'n' roll band, or if you're a pop singer... if you've made your way in another genre of music and now you want to make a country record, why? That's my question. Why?

I'm not a folk or jazz singer, more a hard-edged pop singer - with some rock, and song hooks.

I think Everclear is a weird combination of a singer-songwriter and a hard-rock band. That's why some people really dig the band, and some don't.

I'm a folk singer-songwriter. I am pretty poppy though.

If anything, I want to be seen as a singer-songwriter rather than a pop artist.

When you label something a singer-songwriter record, you cover many genres.

You don't want R&B singers to get into beef. Leave that to the rappers, let them do that - R&B, be classy.

Very few opera singers in history have been able to cross into popular music.

I like R&B. I listen to music, not singers.

It's funny: when I was a kid, my mom would reorganize the record collection all the time. She'd have classical, she'd have Celtic, she'd have rock and roll, and then she'd have female singers. And I don't like it that female singers are their own genre.

I wouldn't really call myself a Jazz singer I think it's offending to real Jazz singers to call me a Jazz singer.

It's a bit cheeky as a rapper to make a singing album.

Right after watching 'Kabul Express,' I wanted to work with Kabir sir. Moreover, earlier he was a documentary maker, and the respective genre has always fascinated me, and I still desire to work in one.

I think I'm sort of locked into the sitcom genre.

I think a season of 'Atlanta' bounces back between classic sitcom structure and genre movies.

Sitcoms are fun. The whole multi-cam genre is always a lot of fun. You throw a live audience in the mix, and it's even better.