Categories Quote by Chuck Mangione

I never liked feeling like the world needed to have labels on everything, whether it's people or categories of music. I think everyone should…

— Lindsey Stirling

I want people to get out of that nasty habit of needing a label. Every genre for each song is different.

— SZA

I don't put categories on music, myself. So either people go with it or they don't, and sometimes the names sound a little silly.

— Chaz Bundick

Genre labels are useful only insofar as they help you find an audience.

— Walter Jon Williams

I've always tried to stay clear of being labeled, putting a label on what type of music that I make.

— Chino Moreno

Labels don't mean much to me one way or another -- except when they close the minds of potential readers. I'd much rather we…

— Charles de Lint

I don't know why people have to categorize things in music under music. It's music and it's music and it's music. When you start…

— Austin Carlile

I'm suspicious of the idea of categories in music and this idea of things being in boxes. To me, that seems unnatural. I write…

— Max Richter

A lot of people who have been perceiving my music have been trying to formulate a genre for it, and I think it's just…

— King Krule

I don't like to be labeled, to be anything. I've made the mistake before myself of labeling my music, but it's counter-productive.

— Neil Young

Music is music you don't have to put a label on it

— Joe Perry

I don't really like the idea of putting myself in any category now... I think that people are looking for music that's real and…

— Yuna