Doing Quote by Anthony Fantano

I think, it is a challenge to get critics or whoever to see past what you wear and makeup and the way you look…

— Ellie Goulding

If I'm reviewing a record, man, I play that record to death, which is ironic in a way because if I review a concert…

— Gary Giddins

I review albums - really positive reviews - I know I'll never hear again, 'cause I'm just not going to have the time.

— Robert Christgau

When you turn professional, you become an entertainer, and like every other entertainer, you don't want to get a bad review.

— Scott Hamilton

I think that a lot of journalists don't really listen to music before they review it.

— Gerard Way

The music is the thing. I am not writing for critics; I don't want to become a personality.

— Gilbert O'Sullivan

I wanted to be one of these multidisciplinary critics who is doing music one day, TV the next, and books the next.

— Colson Whitehead

At the end of the day, I would love for the artists that I give positive reviews to to continue coming out with music.…

— Anthony Fantano

I don't write music for critics or hipsters. I write for me.

— John Rzeznik

Occasionally, I'll want to cover something that's outside of my audiences' tastes or interests. Every week or so I have to try and cover…

— Anthony Fantano

It's what I do. I don't deserve any awards for this, it's just music. It's just writing songs. You sit down, you write a…

— Elvis Costello

Because I'm a musician aspiring to write good stuff and put on good shows, I'm hyperaware of what they're doing and what they're putting…

— Sarah Harmer