Labels only confuse people. The smarter people recognize artists who transcend categories. But I always try to entertain. It's in my nature; writers are born to entertain. If that means working ostensibly within a genre, fine.
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I leave the genre labeling to other people. I really do. If I were to think too hard about it, that would stifle you creatively. If you think too hard about who other people want you to be as an artist, it stops you from being who you want to be as an artist.
For me, genres are a way for people to easily categorize music. But it doesn't have to define you. It doesn't have to limit you.
Where do you even draw the line between genres?
I think my music generally transcends a lot of genres.
When aspiring writers ask me about how they should target their writing, I tell them to pay no attention to that kind of thing. It will restrict you. You will end up falling into stereotypes in an effort to tailor your work toward a perceived genre category.
I think that what appeals to me in my work is having the opportunity to inhabit different genres and so to reach different audiences.
Genre labels are useful only insofar as they help you find an audience.
I've always tried to stay clear of being labeled, putting a label on what type of music that I make.
I do look at songwriting as a lot of work. I don't over-intellectualize music as a special medium that only some people deserve to do. I think it's something you do if you put the work in.
By embracing a label such as 'non-fiction,' the creative writing community has signaled to the world that what goes on in this genre is at best utilitarian and at worst an utter mystery. We have segregated the genre from art.