All that stuff about heavy metal and hard rock, I don't subscribe to any of that. It's all just music. I mean, the heavy metal from the Seventies sounds nothing like the stuff from the Eighties, and that sounds nothing like the stuff from the Nineties. Who's to say what is and isn't a certain type of music?
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Ozzy rejects strict genre labels for heavy metal arguing that music changes over time
- In plain terms
- I do not like labels for music because it changes over time
- What can you take from it?
- Music genres are fluid and not fixed categories
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Are genre labels helpful or restrictive for listeners?
Another view
Some structure is needed to discuss music history and trends
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