Genre Quote by Trombone Shorty Download Open image “I didn't know what the word 'genre' meant till I was twenty years old.” — Trombone Shorty ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Genre Genre Meant Know Old Till Twenty Word Genre Years Years Old
I didn't learn the word 'genre' until way, way late - I mean, like, in the '80s. — Dianne Reeves Copy Share Image
The term 'genre' eventually becomes pejorative because you're referring to something that's so codified and ritualised that it ceases to have the power and… — Christopher Nolan Copy Share Image
I came up at a time in the late '60s, early '70s where music was without boundaries. You'd go into a music store, and… — Dianne Reeves Copy Share Image
I don't have a genre because I play lots of different music that people would say are different genres. — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share Image
Genre is a useful concept only when used not evaluatively but descriptively. — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
I understand it for marketing purposes, but I've always hated defining myself with a genre. Nothing feels broad enough. — Goapele Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Sometimes on my show, I just play something out of the blue, and the band picks up on it. — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
I wanted to become a better entertainer, and I learned from my brother James Andrews. And I've been studying some tape of James Brown… — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
I got a chance to work with Mystikal and Mannie Fresh and Juvenile and all these people as I was growing up, and so… — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
People get caught up in recreating something, and that actually hurts the genre of music because there's nothing new. — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
Life would be pretty boring if I didn't explore. It's about letting my ears take me on an adventure to soak in everything I… — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
Music in New Orleans has always been the heartbeat that drives the city. It was that even before Katrina, and that's what we had… — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
I've lost a bunch of friends - some of them in jail, some of them made bad choices, some of them aren't where they… — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
I always dreamed of playing a show with Bono and Edge and the guys in Green Day. — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
I've dreamed a lot of things and a lot of them have come true. The Grammy nomination was the last thing on my list… — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
I really like a lot of American country stuff, so my music has that influence, but I don't like to be set within a… — Jade Bird Copy Share Image
He [ the son]'s grown up listening to all types of music, and the natural form of rebellion is to find the one genre… — Solange Knowles Copy Share Image
I don't really think in terms of genre, I think in terms of story and character. — Paul Rudd Copy Share Image
I've just always loved really good projects. The things that draw me into a new project have very little to do with genre and… — Jewel Staite Copy Share Image
As a rule, I don't worry about genre. I just want to tell a good story, with characters that interest me and my readers. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Trombone virtuoso and innovative composer, Papo combines the best of jazz and Latin music to create a genre that is unique and wild. He's… — Michael Brecker Copy Share Image
Gothic in its purest sense is actually a very powerful, twisted genre, but the way it was being used by by journalists - 'goff'… — Siouxsie Sioux Copy Share Image
The great thing about the arts, and especially popular music, is that it really does cut across genres and races and classes. — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
“What we've done is make the categories of science fiction and fantasy larger, freer, and more inclusive than any other genre of contemporary literature.… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
I knew what kind of genre 'Casa de mi Padre' was going for. But my character, specifically, I think is very real. — Genesis Rodriguez Copy Share Image
In television, women can really run anything. It can be a comedy, it can be a drama, it can be genre, it can be… — Sarah Michelle Gellar Copy Share Image
I'm not a fan of any genre but am a fan of movies that are intelligent and/or funny. That goes across all genres: a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image