Artist Quote by Andy Bell

So rather than really have, like a close relationship to anything that's coming out today, people are just, they've got it on as background…

— Mos Def

I think what's happenin' is that, with the overflow of music, it's been diluted. There was a time when people would go search out…

— Ice T

I feel like more artists like me should be on the radio. Everything is, like, so controlled by, like, super popular music. You know…

— Travis Scott

I think that pop music in general sometimes like to keep things a bit more hidden, and, you know, you censor and you polish…

— Tove Lo

I don't listen to the radio, so I don't really know what's going on in current pop culture. I know about the obvious things,…

— Boy George

Pop music has progressed.

— Anonymous

There were a lot of things I listened to, but so-called pop music never killed me, you know, the type of stuff that always…

— Tom Verlaine

Well, the good news is that there's quite a lot of cynicism about major labels within radio and the press. I think they have…

— Mick Hucknall

When I think real hard about radio or this and that, I just see myself as an artist who's going to stand strong.

— Rev. Run

There was a time when people would go search out underground records. Now, underground means free, and people don't really care for it. So…

— Ice T

Most artists over 40 or 50 don't get played on the radio. It's a young people's game. I was ready for that.

— Anne Murray

Music is always occurring. It is just a matter of marketing, attention, and many other factors, that determines whether people will hear these songs…

— Judy Collins