Creativity Quote by Jon Crosby

Crosby’s line has the careful, almost diplomatic bluntness of a musician who knows taste is political even when you swear it isn’t. “Mostly good” is the softener: a preemptive nod to the idea that mainstream music isn’t inherently trash, just misaligned with his internal compass. It’s a small act of boundary-setting without picking a fight with the audience that lives on radio.

The real payload is in the phrase “what I’m into.” He frames preference as identity rather than argument, which is culturally savvy. In scenes where genre loyalty can turn into theology, declaring “not my thing” avoids the exhausting purity tests. But it also signals affiliation. By naming “rap metal,” he’s timestamping the era when rock radio leaned hard into hybrid aggression and bro-ish catharsis: loud riffs, tough-guy energy, rhythmic bravado packaged for maximum impact. He’s saying: I don’t belong to that tribe.

There’s subtextual self-branding here, too. Crosby’s work with VAST sits closer to moody, cinematic, electronic-tinged alternative than the mosh-pit maximalism of late-90s radio. So the quote doubles as positioning: I’m not chasing the dominant format, and I’m not going to compete on its terms.

It’s also quietly critical of radio as a sorting machine. “Mostly good” concedes quality, but “not into” hints at homogenization: the sense that “good” gets defined by rotation, not risk. Crosby isn’t railing against the mainstream; he’s politely refusing to be shaped by it.