Genre Quote by Christopher Nolan

I didn't know what the word 'genre' meant till I was twenty years old.

— Trombone Shorty

Genres are just names.

— Jimmy Iovine

I don't have a problem with many uses of the word genre, just certain ones. I have the most trouble when these labels are…

— Michael Chabon

I didn't learn the word 'genre' until way, way late - I mean, like, in the '80s.

— Dianne Reeves

Genres aren't that relevant. Nearly every form of music is a melting pot of things of things.

— Jacob Bannon

I know it's dangerous to say you want to do something different with a genre because people always take that as an insult to…

— Sarah Pinborough

Genre is a useful concept only when used not evaluatively but descriptively.

— Ursula K. Le Guin

Genres give a vocabulary. They give a frame of reference for the audience to enter into a movie. Then, once they have their footing,…

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Genre, to me, is not all that important, and it never has been.

— Amos Lee

So much good music has been looked over because of preconceived notions of genre.

— Kamasi Washington

I guess I didn't even know the word 'genre' until I did 'True Blood.' That's how naive I was, and I didn't realize that…

— Denis O'Hare

For me, genres are a way for people to easily categorize music. But it doesn't have to define you. It doesn't have to limit…

— Taylor Swift