There is no limit to what Snoop Dogg can create after stepping foot in a studio. And with a career spanning three decades, it comes as no surprise that he is still looking to stretch his artistic chops in new and unsuspecting ways. Among the avenues he remains open to exploring are genres.

In a previously unreleased snippet of his conversation with Kelly Clarkson, from an appearance on her eponymous talk show in October, the Doggfather revealed he has orchestral tunes on his mind. “I think, honestly, what I really want to do is like classical ‘cause it’s no words involved. ... I’m saying I would love to make music that speaks to you without words,” he explained in the clip published to YouTube on Thursday (Jan. 9).

Explaining more of the motivation behind the idea, he shared, “I went to a play once upon a time, and the music that they was playing, this lady that I was sitting next to, she was just crying. I’m like, what the f**k she crying for? And she like, ‘This is the part of the song where he kills his father and this and that.’ And I’m like, ‘I didn’t hear no words.’ But it’s some of those, you know, those great stories from way back in the days, how the music tells the story of ‘Macbeth’ or whatever … I don’t know what it is, but I would love to tell a story musically without words, but the music, you can feel the words.”

The “Drop It Like It’s Hot” rapper has previously expanded his lyrical chops and storytelling outside of Hip Hop with albums in reggae and gospel. The island-infused Reincarnated was released in 2012, along with a documentary of the same name, as well as ushering in Snoop’s Rastafari-inspired alter ego, Snoop Lion. Then in 2018 he made joyful noise with the Bible of Love.

“This is not a money-driven project, this is a spirit-driven project,” he said in a TV One interview about the creative detour. “It was always in me, you know, from the moment I came into the music industry. I always had gospel music influences,” said the West Coast icon.

Speaking with Clarkson about his love of music — which supersedes genres — Snoop reflected on how he was “raised in an era where music dictated everything.” In some ways it was literally a soundtrack of his everyday life, from his trips to school, sounds from the radio and more, it all informed the artist he ultimately developed into. At the end of last year, he rolled out his 20th studio album, Missionary, which saw him reunite with Dr. Dre for the first time since his 1993 debut, Doggystyle.