I remember agonising, the day before I had lunch with Tony Blair for the first time, over what my opening question to… — Cathy Newman Copy Share Image
Part of me believes that the completed record is the final measure of a pop musician's accomplishment, just as the completed film… — Jon Landau Copy Share Image
I adored Freddie Mercury and Queen had a hit called Radio Gaga. That's why I love the name. Freddie was unique -… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
Pop music seems to be the way radio programming has chosen to support female artists. They have chosen not to support a… — Shirley Manson Copy Share Image
In eighteenth-century England, there was a practice of hiring a picturesque hermit who would inhabit the beautiful ruin on your estate. To… — David Grubbs Copy Share Image
I like pop music because it can really affect a large amount of people and if I tell stories and spread messages… — Melanie Martinez Copy Share Image
I don't know the names of any pop musicians. Pop music is standardised; it's made to please the largest audience possible. I… — Ennio Morricone Copy Share Image
The goal is ecstasy, but I don't want to make some sort of saccharine pop music. I want to make something that's… — Michael Gira Copy Share Image
The melody seems to have gone to the country. The country music seems to still have melody and interesting lyrics. But pop… — Barry Manilow Copy Share Image
Pop music is actually a challenging genre. Not only do you have to be artistically expressive, but you also have to do… — Lights Copy Share Image
There are a lot of artists that come and go very quickly, and I understand why just because someone has a No.… — Ricki-Lee Coulter Copy Share Image
Rap started as this very black, socio-political type of thing. And now it's turned into pop music - we laugh about how… — Stephen Glover Copy Share Image
I seriously hate pop music and all things super-commercial, so I'd be hard pressed to feel embarrassed by anything I listen to.… — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
I think I definitely learned how to structure songs, just from listening to a lot of 1960s, 1970s pop music, although I'm… — Caitlin Rose Copy Share Image
When I write stuff that's provocative, I want people to think about that, too. I'm in between a pop musician and an… — Jenny Hval Copy Share Image
Dick Clark was a really great influence in my career; he helped me a lot with his whole organization, and they were… — Cyndi Lauper Copy Share Image
You're always searching for that new thing you can impose on the givens of pop music - that's when the change becomes… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
Mostly, I'm drawn to great characters and great worlds that use weird things for their language - whether it's dance, whether it's… — Daniel Radcliffe Copy Share Image
I wanted to do pop music, and I wanted to dance. I wanted all this because that was me. This is my… — Netta Barzilai Copy Share Image
Pop is a little bit theatrical. That's the whole vibe. That's the point - is that it's great music, great melodies, great… — Adam Lambert Copy Share Image
Trying to be really dark and alienating just felt exhausting to me, so I started going back to the music that I… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
Pop music can get inside us and enter our memory bubbles. It provides those true Proustian moments, unlocking sensations, unlocking our imaginations.… — Todd Haynes Copy Share Image
Rock and roll by its nature is sexual. So girls playing rock and roll is saying to the world, "We own our… — Joan Jett Copy Share Image
Things like rebellion and resistance to authority are absolutely as much a part of the human experience as love and cars are,… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
Pop music - deriving from the word 'popular' - for me, it's just great to be a part of music that reaches… — Poo Bear Copy Share Image
Pop comes from the word 'popular,' which means that it could be anything that appeals to any group of people. When you… — Anwar Robinson Copy Share Image
I don't think any type of music is more important than another, but I do feel like pop music, the most simplified… — CMAT Copy Share Image
“Of course every girl wishes she could be one of those pop star babes who wave their hands in the air yelling… — Lisa O'Donnell Copy Share Image
I grew up with rock and pop music from the 70s and 80s. I had to play guitar in school - it… — Christian Fennesz Copy Share Image
I never minded being thought of as a pop star. People have always thought I wanted to be seen as a serious… — George Michael Copy Share Image
The pop musicians often leave meaning in the dust and substitute it for cartoons. The deeper artists - the grunge artists in… — Hal Sparks Copy Share Image
I grew up listening to pop; I grew up listening to '60s pop music, the Beatles, the Monkees, Herman's Hermits and all… — Jane Wiedlin Copy Share Image
That album, 'Lil' Beethoven,' was special to us because we wanted to try to figure out a new context to place our… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
A large portion of my audience is younger - audiences that would primarily listen to pop music otherwise - so the fact… — Laufey Copy Share Image
We've always described our sound as a bit more guitar driven than normal pop music. Kind of Pink in a boy band… — Liam Payne Copy Share Image
I think I get really into comfort music: '60s stuff, '50s stuff like Frankie Avalon. I love it - such simple songs,… — Michael Benjamin Lerner Copy Share Image
I love music, that it changes so much, but I also want to keep a bit of the country roots to make… — Jana Kramer Copy Share Image
Within pop music, within three-minute songs, the exciting thing is to see how you can reshape the formula and still come up… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
I'm 39, and I would like to be able to make great pop music for another 20 years. And it feels like… — Sia Furler Copy Share Image
I've grown up playing pop music for the experimental crowd and I always feel like I'm pushing something weird on people. I… — Girl Talk Copy Share Image
