Pop Song Quotes

51 quotes by 49 authors

I'm not a pop song lyric writer. I can't just focus on one simple meaning or even a double entendre. — Julian Casablancas
Maybe that whole love thing is just a grown-up version of Santa Claus; just a myth we've been fed since childhood. So, we keep buying… — Meg Ryan
To me, ballads are special, because you can have a pop song thatâ€™ll be know for three weeks and then youâ€™ll hear nothing else about… — Michael Jackson
There are some pop songs I hate but I can't get them out of my head. Our songs also have the standard pop format: Verse,… — Kurt Cobain
Your average pop song or film is a very sophisticated item, with very sophisticated ways of listening and viewing that we have not really consciously… — Paul Muldoon
They pay money to watch the same film. Now, you could argue, that's because it makes them feel comfortable. When they go to a movie… — Terry Gilliam
My earliest memories as a child are listening to Beatles records, and they are a big part of how I've learned to write pop songs. — Christina Perri
I think the true test of a pop song, for me, and I've talked to a lot of other writers about this, is you take… — Ryan Tedder
Sometimes, I write '60s or '80s style pop songs. — Peter Steele
Pop songs are not as graceful as they used to be. Performers today havenâ€™t gone through the regimen of learning how to write. And of… — Hal David
Twelve years ago me and Allanah became really sick of writing pop songs, ... Eventually we dug a grave for the Thompson Twins, pushed them… — Unknown Author
When we try to write a pop song, we go for standard pop arrangements, even to the point where we will go to the key… — Joe Elliott
All men that date me have to know that their name may end up in a pop song. — Kesha
I write pop songs. But I think it is sprinkled with a lot of counter-culture references. It ranged from rap to hip hop to trip… — Nelly Furtado
It's lifestyle music. It's not like some secretary who likes some pop song, but can't name who the band is; whereas a heavy metal fan… — Rob Zombie
Jesse James is like a Leonard Cohen song, I wanted to do something that was like a pop song. — Andrew Dominik
I've never really gotten into the whole labels thing. There were times I would cover a pop song, and people would say 'You sound really… — David Nail
To look for some kind of insight or meaning in pop songs is not really - well there's plenty of other places where you should… — Jason Newsted
Creating a decent pop song is a challenge - and occasionally, once in every decade - it's kind of fun to do that. — David Sylvian
It's a real gift to be able to have the works of brilliant, great people to learn from and build from. It gives you so… — Regina Spektor

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