The great countercultural movement that we all know from the mid-1960s was epitomised by popular music. But within a few years another… — Tony Robinson Copy Share Image
“Popular music is a microcosm of the culture, Eliza. It reflects the mentality of the population.” — Tiffanie DeBartolo Copy Share Image
All the forms of popular music from jazz to hip-hop, to bebop, to soul [come from black innovation]. You talk about different… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
Van Morrison remains a singer who can be compared to no other in the history of modern popular music. — Greil Marcus Copy Share Image
I don't think I'm turning back the clock by doing these old tunes. I love rock and roll and popular music. It's… — Tiny Tim Copy Share Image
The good and bad are all tangled up together. American popular music is loved around the world because of its African rhythm.… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
It was Muddy Waters who took the Delta blues north to Chicago, electrified the sound, and changed the course of popular music… — Tim Cahill Copy Share Image
Every now and again, the alternative culture is cherished by the mainstream for what it is, rather than how it should be,… — Thurston Moore Copy Share Image
Making an album should be an honest experience. It shouldn't be about trying to gauge where popular music is today; it should… — Scott Weiland Copy Share Image
Rap has been a path between cultures in the best tradition of popular music. — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
[Europe has] this tradition of self revelation in popular music. We have it here - it's called Country Western Music... I think… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
I play popular songs. This is not some obscure, unusual music. This is popular music. — Frank Fairfield Copy Share Image
The first time I started choreographing was in the dark, in my living room, with the lights completely out, to some popular… — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
I love the history of popular music. I love to know what people are listening to, even if I don't like it. — Tim Rice Copy Share Image
We were fortunate at that time we were working with Virgin, and with Flood, probably more well-known as Brian Eno's engineer now… — Stephen Mallinder Copy Share Image
I'm into old-time music; I'm not very interested in modern, popular music at all. And if I'm really into some particular old-time… — Robert Crumb Copy Share Image
I have to say I owe my career to the master composers of the Great American Songbook who have written such high-quality… — Tony Bennett Copy Share Image
The history of popular music is littered with great partnerships. Rodgers had his Hammerstein, Lennon had his McCartney, and Lloyd Webber had…… — Humphrey Lyttelton Copy Share Image
In the West, film music is completely different and independent from their popular music. The two industries are separate and don't interfere… — Amit Trivedi Copy Share Image
“ Dreams and coffee and sunrises make up the rhythms of the road. Music is a part of it, too: the popular… — Kenn Kaufman Copy Share Image
I was interested in a whole range of music that I used to play, popular music -- particularly American music -- that… — John Renbourn Copy Share Image
I think I'm writing for an intelligent stranger - you know, in my mind I can't remember who coined that phrase first.… — Jason Isbell 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