Agree Quote by DJ Shadow

Imitation is at least 50 percent of the creative process

— Jamie Buckingham

If two percent of all the films made in Hollywood are really artistically worthy - and I think it's a lot more than two…

— Murray Horwitz

The best imitation in the world is not half as good as a poor original.

— Luise Rainer

I think a lot of music that's really innovative is not even considered because it was made by people who had a sexual image.…

— Grimes

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

— Kamasi Washington

When you see millions and billions of dollars being made in a genre, there are going to be copycats and people who jump in…

— Kaskade

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

— Amos Lee

I think where genre is limiting is that in the marketplace, you have to put things in a box to create expectations to make…

— Robert Eggers

Electronic music lends itself to an abstract way of storytelling, so it keeps evolving. Theres a whole movement truly driving music further and there…

— Hans Zimmer

A lot of music is just made in the studio and that's what it is. But it's not how it has to be.

— Sky Blu

I want to say 90% of stuff out there is just crap that got made. The main point is that it got produced.

— Bill Sienkiewicz

I think it's healthy to have a lot of different styles within a genre. It makes it much more interesting.

— Little Louie Vega