It doesn't take long to sum up the major theses of most popular music: he loves me; he left me; I need… — Holly Near Copy Share Image
Bill Withers, Van Morrison and Marvin Gaye are pioneers in popular music for the last century, and these are people who have… — Michael Kiwanuka Copy Share Image
“It was to be the longest flight I had ever made in my young life and one of the most interesting. Having… — Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater Two Copy Share Image
There is no essential difference between classical and popular music. Music is music. I want to communicate with the listener who finds… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The imminent demise of the large record companies as gatekeepers of the world's popular music is a good thing, for the most… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
Composers are influenced by all the important music in their lives - and I suppose that since radio started playing popular music,… — Jonny Greenwood Copy Share Image
Rock musicians, and a vast array of popular-music musicians, due to their wealth, acquired through the mass of their notoriety, are able… — Bill Dixon Copy Share Image
For me personally - because I do it myself - the scoring of a picture is fun. I edit the picture and… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I turn on the radio now and I don't have anything against a lot of sequenced and programmed and electronic music, a… — Eric Benet Copy Share Image
I think we as a band, as individuals, understand that all popular music stems from blues and jazz and even pop, but… — David Johansen Copy Share Image
Have you listened to the radio lately? Have you heard the canned, frozen and processed product being dished up to the world… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
It is the doctrine of the popular music-masters, that whoever can speak can sing. So, probably, every man is eloquent once in… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
This is the beauty of popular music, that it is based on simple and memorable tunes. — Ludovico Einaudi Copy Share Image
Essentially, the popular musician in America must learn that his basic job is to entertain people, to make them forget their sorrows… — Artie Shaw Copy Share Image
It's a great thing that the United States has given the rest of the world - no other country has given such… — Tony Bennett Copy Share Image
There's a tremendous audience out there for popular music. It's a bigger audience than for movies. — Robert Kardashian Copy Share Image
For instance, I'm always fascinated to see whether, given the kind of fairly known and established form called popular music, whether there… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
I have found myself deeply, deeply intrigued by the ska-punk scene. It's such an expressive form of popular music, it's so real,… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
I would consider my music like, pop-R&B. So it can reach a lot of people. Pop is popular music. That's what it… — Justin Bieber Copy Share Image
Teen pop will never die as long as there are teens and popular music. It just takes a different head. — Justin Timberlake Copy Share Image
I want people to feel what it was like in the '40s. That's when popular music in the United States was so… — Charlie Haden Copy Share Image
That seems like one of the differences in expectations of "serious" and "popular" music that you can actually depend on the liner… — Stephin Merritt Copy Share Image
We love popular music and there has to be a certain amount of popularity in what you do, or you're gone. — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
Jazz really does try to include everything. It's always been popular music. But the wonderful thing about jazz is its willingness to… — Madeleine Peyroux Copy Share Image
“The very first hit factory was T.B. Harms, a Tin Pan Alley publishing company overseen by Max Dreyfus. With staff writers like… — John Seabrook Copy Share Image
