I wanted to make an unashamed pop record. I became…

I was really influenced by a lot of Disney soundtracks, because that's what I used to watch all the time, and they always put…

— PJ Harvey

'Auto Music' isn't a pop record by any stretch.

— Brian Reitzell

In terms of breaking an artist traditionally, it was in the form of radio. You had to pop your record off there. Now you…

— B-Real

With streaming services, the walls have come down a bit on genres. So I never really set out to make a country record or…

— Maren Morris

With 'Torches,' I wanted to make a great pop record; I wanted every song to be exciting, not to have too much space, no…

— Mark Foster

I still want to make a pop record. I want to make a more sonically current pop record. I maybe want to make people…

— Katy Perry

When I started to write music that was completely divorced from any sort of idea of commercial success, the real me started to come…

— Joe Satriani

My goal as an artist is to funnel a pop record to a world in a very interesting way. I almost want to trick…

— Lady Gaga

I proved myself with 'Smoke Ring.' It was me maturing. I made a good pop record.

— Kurt Vile

It never really interested me in the past but, for the first time, I wanted to make a pop record. I thought a good…

— Dan Bejar

I think there's something antagonistic about bedroom pop. We're reappropriating pop and saying you don't have to be an ex-Disney star to make pop…

— Shura

My mom had early rap records, like Jimmy Spicer. In the middle of the records was a turntable and a receiver - I used…

— Jay-Z

I always wanted to make a pop record. I'm a dancer myself, so I want to make something that people listen to and just…

— Sofia Carson

Immediately after the Floyd experience, I became a pop record producer.

— Alan Parsons

That's the great thing about music. You can find some '60s pop record and feel completely invigorated by it, even though it's so old.

— Kathleen Hanna