Best Genres Quotes to Inspire, Uplift & Motivate You Every Day

“We get to be like music. You might be into rock, you might be into hip-hop, you might be into R&B. Comedy gets genres now. You might be into absurdist comedy, slapstick comedy. It's exciting.”

“I'm going to keep myself open in terms of genres.”

“I love horror, man, it's like one of my favorite genres. The only time I don't like watching horror is when it's just on in the background.”

“There are a few genres that I am quite sceptical about, for example, horror and comedy.”

“With the radio and Internet, Indian music is not unknown to anyone. There are so many wonderful styles and genres that are being introduced to the world.”

“If there was just music without any genres, then people would look at a lot of things afresh, and approach a record without any preconceptions.”

“My EDM outings 'Sooraj Dooba Hain,' 'Zindagi Aa Raha Hoon Main,' 'Chal Wahan Jaate Hain' are melodically very different songs. I have mixed up the genres.”

“I've never been a fan of genres.”

“I have been very open to genres. With 'AK Vs AK,' it was a meta-comedy, with 'Bhavesh Joshi' it was a superhero vigilante drama and we turned that genre on its head.”

“We always stuck to our guns and we didn't wander off to other genres.”

“There are some films that you know will do well. Then there are others which have good stories that ought to be told. But because they are slightly risky, not everybody is willing to take that up. But I think it is important to take risks because at the end of the day, you want to explore new genres and new characters.”

“As much as I'd love to explore other genres, I won't leave comedy. This genre has given me an identity.”

“I want to explore all genres.”

“Black Ken' debuted number one on iTunes in hip-hop, and top five or ten top, top five on the whole iTunes, on all genres. It was really cool to be able to self-produce.”

“An actor has to do everything, all genres of films.”

“I have always been fascinated by Kollywood because of the interesting scripts and genres that they come up with.”

“I want to do films in as many genres - action, fantasy, period, classic love stories - as I can. I don't want to pigeon-hole myself.”

“I'm glad that nowadays people are aware of varied dance genres, thanks to reality TV dance shows.”

“I want people to believe that I can pull off more than one or two types of genres or characters.”

“Switching genres actually motivates me.”

“'Lovecraft Country' is reclaiming all these pulp genres for people of color.”

“I'm glad I've been offered songs from various genres, but I love singing melodies the most.”

“As an actor I believe in doing all sorts of genres.”

“Horror is one of the few genres that allows you to explore areas in film that normally you wouldn't otherwise.”

“I can try new genres because I know there are fans who will always be there to support what I would like to pursue.”

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

“People on YouTube say they don't think people should mix genres. Those are the same people who don't think they should mix races. It's gonna always be that, but you can only pray that music can bring everybody together as one.”

“I tried my hand in action films, and now I am back to love stories, as people like to see me as a lover boy! But as an actor, I want to try all genres.”

“I will do all genres. I will do intense roles, along with the kind of films that I have grown up watching, like 'Biwi No. 1' and 'Judwaa.' But I won't do films where, if you take me out of the script, nothing changes.”

“My particular space has always been quite unique in popular music. I have a background in R&B and hard rock and straight pop, but I never went all the way with any of those genres.”

“I love singing all types of genres.”

“I think there are certain genres of music where people are allowed to go on, but there is something about rock and roll, I guess because it originally started out to be a teenage rebellion.”

“That's something I want to do: cover all sorts of genres to find the one I love most.”

“We like smashing genres into each other, so if you can find something that's really idiosyncratic in respect to superhero genre and you can smoosh it into it, you usually wind up with something fresh and different.”

“I've been lucky enough to sort of go over different mediums, different vibes and genres.”

“I am not only lucky to be an actor, but I am lucky to be one of the most privileged actors in the world because I can do all kinds of films and genres and everything.”

“I came from a strong jazz/ singer-songwriter/folk influence, but in L.A., I learned how to have a balance between all these genres and R&B music and hip-hop, mixing them all together.”

“Certainly in the arts, in all genres, I think that men should step away. I think men should stop writing books. I think men should stop making movies or television. Say, for 50 to 100 years.”

“The genres of the fantastic and the grotesque are far more interesting to me than most mnemonic fiction.”

“What genres are good for is being like, 'Here are the parameters. Here's something about the way it's going to make you feel. And here's something about the subject matter.'”

“Can't get my head around sci-fi or fantasy. I'm not putting those genres down; it's just that I'm not built for them.”

“When you label something a singer-songwriter record, you cover many genres.”

“I really think there are two genres of music: good music and bad music. And I'm just trying to be on the side of making good music.”

“I think it's really hard to move between genres, and I think, especially in Britain, we're very judgmental about it - me included. I know that when an actor comes out with some poetry or an album, I think, 'Oh crikey, what's this going to be like?'”

“I always wanted to do action-adventure, and science fiction genres were always something that were of great interest to me.”

“When you look at metal, it's probably one of the healthiest genres when you look at it in a worldwide perspective - every single country listens to metal.”

“R&B is my home. It's who I am. It's who I've been. It's the first genre I fell in love with. It's the reason why I've been able to do other genres of music.”

“Other genres are plot-driven, but the entire focus of a romance novel is on the characters and their arcs.”

“To me, a good storyteller should be able to tell stories across genres.”

“I write songs as honestly as I can without worrying about genres or labels. Sometimes I sing, and sometimes I rap, and sometimes I do something in between. I jump around on stage and don't care too much about how I look. I try to be myself even though I'm still figuring myself out.”

“Comedy is one of the toughest genres. It is so essential to get the timing right, failing which the humour can fall flat.”

“With streaming services, the walls have come down a bit on genres. So I never really set out to make a country record or a pop record. I just wanted to make it mine.”

“The stories that are out and the things that have been published are a sample of my interests. There are genres and sub-genres that I haven't waded into but have wanted to, or have waded into in other places but never actually written.”

“I watched a lot of movies about teenagers, including 'The Last Picture Show,' 'American Graffiti,' 'Rumblefish.' It's one of my favorite genres.”

“Films really can change a conversation and change someone's thinking and perception, especially with people of color at the center. It rarely happens. I think it's important for both the community but also the world to see people of color in all genres, especially love stories.”

“I don't steer clear of genres. I simply haven't steered myself toward some of them.”

“I read a lot - and I read a variety of genres.”

“I really want to do a western film. It's one of my favorite movie genres of all time.”

“My love for music transcends languages and genres.”

“All true artists in the world from all countries and all genres are influenced by Michael Jackson. There were music videos before Michael Jackson, and there were music videos after Michael Jackson. He brought such a huge change in the marketing and positioning of the music video.”

“I'm always trying to switch voices and genres.”

“When I'm making a song, I try not to think about audience or genres. It's free-flowing. Natural.”

“I would like to act in films of all genres.”

“Horror, of all the genres, is the only one that can provoke an involuntary visceral reaction.”

“I've done so many genres of films in my career; I've done 91 films so far. But never a thriller. That's how 'Oppam' happened.”

“I am trying to learn various kinds of genres within comedy.”

“I'm an artist, not a rapper... so my musical genres and library is way beyond the normal rapper.”

“Truth be told, of course, what I enjoy most is reinventing myself and doing new projects where I work in new genres, or I get to find what the voice of a particular musical is.”

“But my problem with fantasy, and horror, and related genres, is that sometimes the problems are illogical.”

“I hate the idea of genres.”

“Well, regarding actors, my idol is Catherine Deneuve, but not in relation to my work, I'm just a fan. As far as genres, I've been reading a lot of science fiction, and I would love to make a fantastic film.”

“Of course, I'm open to all kinds of genres. In my head, there are no demarcations.”

“I'm going to be testing waters in all genres.”

“I love all kinds of genres. I watch all kinds of movies.”

“I trained at Juilliard so that I could do all kinds of genres, so that's what I'm trained to do.”

“With most other genres, you need movie stars. With horror, you just need a story.”

“I work pretty fluidly across all genres.”

“I love all genres. The only thing I get stymied by is the Family Drama. I don't necessarily know how to approach that.”

“Our lives are full of all the genres. Fear and hope and sadness.”

“The genres are widening. I don't think that there's as many limitations on the kinds of projects that actors can do as there once was.”

“Among all the music genres, I think hip hop is the most resonant form of music which can stimulate my creative inspiration. I remember the first piece of music I created when I was young was a rap song.”

“My music is pretty versatile; I have a lot of genres and styles. I don't think I should be pigeonholed into one thing. So we'll see where my career goes.”

“Subconciously, the things you listen to and you believe in, those things are going to come out, you know what I mean? I think you take that and make it your sound; that's what I do when I'm putting together genres of music.”

“It is pitiful working in the industry and I see the flaws all the time. Though, if I have to watch something, then I prefer either horror or comedy because I don't know how those genres really work.”

“I love dabbling in various genres and languages.”

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

“I do like sci-fi, and I do like horror - those are my favorite genres. Good horror, though, not like slasher horror... psychological horror like 'The Shining' - really good stuff!”

“But there are still only certain film genres where a woman can stand out, be heroic, be the centerpiece.”

“I'm a fan of all genres of music. I have a few country songs I like. I'm not gonna say I'm a huge country fan, but, you know, I listen around.”

“In Hollywood it's really tough to change genres; you have to re-prove yourself.”

“Genres are just names.”

“I feel most comfortable keeping versatile when it comes to music genres.”

“If it's a good movie, it's a good movie. I don't care about the genres.”

“I get most of my influences from specific genres. I listen to a lot of R&B music, obviously. But, jazz, and bossa nova music, too.”

“I don't really follow genres. I have a bunch of really poppy tracks and then another super-low-fi, tape-recorded sound. It's actually really random.”

“It could have been extremely boring to write musical scores for only westerns of horror films. It was really exciting for me to work in all these various genres.”

“I've always been a fan of horror because I feel like it is one of the last genres where you need to see at a theatre, sharing in this profound experience of seeing it with a community of people.”

“I never looked or really believed that music should be categorized into particular genres.”

“I'm grateful for the fact that I can choose from multiple genres and characters.”

“I have written in a lot of genres, that's true, and I'm not sure it's always served my career well.”