--- title: "19 Genre People Quotes by 18 authors" description: "Browse 19 Genre People quotes by 18 authors. Discover the best Genre People sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/348/thalia-3671_ballads_a-lot-of-singers-find-a-musical-genre-pe_2353704.jpg" --- > [A lot of singers find a musical genre people like and stick with it. That's being a conformist. I sing ballads, rock,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thalia/a-lot-of-singers-find-a-musical-genre-people-like-and-stick-with-it/) [Thalia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thalia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/348/thalia-3671_ballads_a-lot-of-singers-find-a-musical-genre-pe_2353704.jpg) > [Action is not really my genre, but it's what people expect out of me. And it works, too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prabhu-deva/action-is-not-really-my-genre-but-it-s-what-people-expect-out-of-me/) [Prabhu Deva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/prabhu-deva/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13a/prabhu-deva-5966_action_action-is-not-really-my-genre-but-it-s-w_2267543.jpg) > [When punk began to be a genre, people were going to go out and try to mine it. Some of the better…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iggy-pop/when-punk-began-to-be-a-genre-people-were-going-to-go-out-and-try-to/) [Iggy Pop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iggy-pop/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fc/iggy-pop-3990_artificial_when-punk-began-to-be-a-genre-people-wer_1491010.png) > [Horror will always be there, it always comes back, it's a familiar genre that some people, not everyone - it's sort of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-a-romero/horror-will-always-be-there-it-always-comes-back-it-s-a-familiar/) [George A. Romero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-a-romero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/229/george-a-romero-2638_always_horror-will-always-be-there-it-always-co_1821108.jpg) > [I know it's dangerous to say you want to do something different with a genre because people always take that as an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-pinborough/i-know-it-s-dangerous-to-say-you-want-to-do-something-different-with/) [Sarah Pinborough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-pinborough/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a55/sarah-pinborough-14664_always_i-know-it-s-dangerous-to-say-you-want-to_877597.jpg) > [I want to make my music a genre that people can immediately identify: something that never existed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ji-hae-park/i-want-to-make-my-music-a-genre-that-people-can-immediately-identify/) [Ji-Hae Park](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ji-hae-park/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d39/ji-hae-park-45157_existed_i-want-to-make-my-music-a-genre-that-peo_1559911.jpg) > [My theory on genre is that while there are people out there who believe that genre tells people what to read, actually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/my-theory-on-genre-is-that-while-there-are-people-out-there-who/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b3/neil-gaiman-29_avoid_my-theory-on-genre-is-that-while-there-a_223370.jpg) > [Rap is like any other genre: There are the people who are very creative with it and do remarkable things... and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-mcdonald/rap-is-like-any-other-genre-there-are-the-people-who-are-very/) [Michael McDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-mcdonald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec7/michael-mcdonald-6275_genre_rap-is-like-any-other-genre-there-are-th_284736.jpg) > [My films typically veer towards the darker side, and I enjoy turning things on the audience. I really enjoy working in genre…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ari-aster/my-films-typically-veer-towards-the-darker-side-and-i-enjoy-turning/) [Ari Aster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ari-aster/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/216/ari-aster-15271_cinema_my-films-typically-veer-towards-the-dark_82771.jpg) > [I enjoy turning things on the audience. I really like working in genre because people come into the films with certain expectations.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ari-aster/i-enjoy-turning-things-on-the-audience-i-really-like-working-in-genre/) [Ari Aster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ari-aster/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfe/ari-aster-15271_cinema_i-enjoy-turning-things-on-the-audience-i_232164.jpg) > [I often wonder why we don't have an English word for 'genre.' People on arts programmes always have to use the word…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-lipman/i-often-wonder-why-we-don-t-have-an-english-word-for-genre-people-on/) [Maureen Lipman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-lipman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a5/maureen-lipman-4256_always_i-often-wonder-why-we-don-t-have-an-engl_1248102.png) > [Our whole mission is about breaking the rules. Cibo Matto doesn't fit into any one genre and when people ask about what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miho-hatori/our-whole-mission-is-about-breaking-the-rules-cibo-matto-doesn-t-fit/) [Miho Hatori](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miho-hatori/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d04/miho-hatori-75775_breaking-the-rules_our-whole-mission-is-about-breaking-the_1841325.jpg) > [When I was starting out, science fiction was a little genre over there, which only a few people read. But now --…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doris-lessing/when-i-was-starting-out-science-fiction-was-a-little-genre-over-there/) [Doris Lessing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doris-lessing/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5a/doris-lessing-501_american-writer_when-i-was-starting-out-science-fiction_315516.png) > [Many people, I've noticed by informally polling friends, are prone to distinguishing a beach read by genre. Some people thought all thrillers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-dean/many-people-i-ve-noticed-by-informally-polling-friends-are-prone-to/) [Michelle Dean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-dean/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97d/michelle-dean-7717_beach_many-people-i-ve-noticed-by-informally-p_3121393.jpg) > [To AMC's credit, I think what they saw was the show doesn't exist in the marketplace. They knew that there was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-gough/to-amc-s-credit-i-think-what-they-saw-was-the-show-doesn-t-exist-in/) [Alfred Gough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-gough/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee8/alfred-gough-31609_art_to-amc-s-credit-i-think-what-they-saw-wa_2276442.jpg) > [I listen to all those kinds of music, from classic soul to hip-hop to Brazilian music to, you know, jazz to indie…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-legend/i-listen-to-all-those-kinds-of-music-from-classic-soul-to-hip-hop-to-2/) [John Legend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-legend/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c8/john-legend-1666_alternatives_i-listen-to-all-those-kinds-of-music-fro_2531864.png) > [Audiences are very sophisticated and they know the nuts and bolts of the genre - certainly with horror more than others I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reece-shearsmith/audiences-are-very-sophisticated-and-they-know-the-nuts-and-bolts-of/) [Reece Shearsmith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reece-shearsmith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a3/reece-shearsmith-58702_audience_audiences-are-very-sophisticated-and-the_62215.jpg) > [I had a lot of issues with the genre, and I probably even had issues with the whole idea of genre. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/i-had-a-lot-of-issues-with-the-genre-and-i-probably-even-had-issues/) [William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/394/william-gibson-642_attitude_i-had-a-lot-of-issues-with-the-genre-and_2740285.jpg) > [“Each of us has a sophisticated system that throws away most of our experiences, keeps only a few choice samples, mixes them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yuval-noah-harari/each-of-us-has-a-sophisticated-system-that-throws-away-most-of-our-2/) [Yuval Noah Harari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yuval-noah-harari/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/312/yuval-noah-harari-100_action-film_each-of-us-has-a-sophisticated-system-th_1706592.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/genre-people/#itemlist", "name": "Genre People Quotes", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A lot of singers find a musical genre people like and stick with it. 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They know the tropes so well that, when you turn on those, it can be shocking because there's a complacency that comes with watching those films.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ari Aster" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ari-aster/i-enjoy-turning-things-on-the-audience-i-really-like-working-in-genre/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfe/ari-aster-15271_cinema_i-enjoy-turning-things-on-the-audience-i_232164.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfe/ari-aster-15271_cinema_i-enjoy-turning-things-on-the-audience-i_232164.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfe/ari-aster-15271_cinema_i-enjoy-turning-things-on-the-audience-i_232164.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I enjoy turning things on the audience. 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People on arts programmes always have to use the word and invariably struggle not to sound embarrassed, so that it comes out sounding like 'Jeanne' as in D'Arc.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Maureen Lipman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-lipman/i-often-wonder-why-we-don-t-have-an-english-word-for-genre-people-on/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a5/maureen-lipman-4256_always_i-often-wonder-why-we-don-t-have-an-engl_1248102.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a5/maureen-lipman-4256_always_i-often-wonder-why-we-don-t-have-an-engl_1248102.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a5/maureen-lipman-4256_always_i-often-wonder-why-we-don-t-have-an-engl_1248102.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I often wonder why we don't have an English word for 'genre.' 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