Girl Quote by Charli XCX

Some of the earlier stuff I did in studio with producers was very pop-directed, which I was uncomfortable with.

— Hozier

People don't expect me to make pop music.

— Trace Cyrus

I think of myself as a performance artist. I hate being called a pop star. I hate that.

— Madonna Ciccone

I've always been the kind of girl who says 'I don't need producers. I don't need songwriters.' That was my attitude before.

— Keyshia Cole

When I was young, people didn't even really know what a producer was.

— Max Martin

I make popular music but I'm not necessarily a pop produce.

— Frank Dukes

The pop industry is so well-practised at channelling young people's creative energy that I think it gets abused.

— Johnny Flynn

Studios are run by those who are way too old or mostly young, who don't think creatively.

— James Cromwell

Unlike so many producers who sit in their offices and operate from there, I take pride in calling myself a creative producer.

— Boney Kapoor

I used to have sort of mixed feelings about a producer whose only skills seemed to be going into the studio, schmoozing the artists…

— Todd Rundgren

I do not like producers.

— Fritz Lang

I think that people have a very strict perception of what a pop artist is.

— Lauren Jauregui