Culture Quote by Tom Waits

I hate genres. I think they're just marketing labels.

— Rhiannon Giddens

I believe that music is connected by human passions and curiosities rather than by marketing strategies.

— Elvis Costello

Me personally, I think all the barriers that are put up between genres are so easily broken. People just love music that moves them.

— Jason Derulo

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

— Jacob Bannon

Music and people are so diverse and I think it's ignorant to only associate with one genre.

— Kalvin Valentine

There are two genres of music: there's good music and there's bad music.

— Chris Thile

I think the industry is oblivious to the fact that most people listen to all kinds of stuff. I personally don't know of anyone…

— Keith Urban

I just don't let music genres define me.

— Bebe Rexha

I always say, there's no music genre better than another.

— Rosalia

I hate the idea of genres.

— Billie Eilish

I detest this contemporary trend to destroy the traditional hierarchy of genres.

— Italo Calvino

I think the artists are really the face of the music they make. It's no longer the genre that dictates it.

— Dua Lipa