Bands Quote by Darren Hayes

A lot of pop music is based on trying to make people remember it so that they'll buy it. To me, it was not…

— Serj Tankian

Pop was always associated with a lot of fake, music-industry, churned-out stuff.

— Griff

I felt that pop music didn't represent me. And that's why I made my own.

— Shura

We just thought that bands from the U.S. in general were just really boring, and they didn't represent what we felt pop music should…

— Ron Mael

I love pop music. I've tried to always be honest about that.

— Kelsea Ballerini

You can only write so many pop songs before they all sound the same. I got to a point where something overtly melodic and…

— Dylan Baldi

I felt that the elegance of pop music was that it was reflective: we were holding up a mirror to our audience and reflecting…

— Pete Townshend

I think people who just know me from my band think I don't like pop music. The truth is I love pop music.

— Pete Wentz

I wasn't into pop music, even at a really young age.

— John Varvatos

Authentic rock and roll is a sound that I've always been drawn to with bands like Brand New and Jimmy Eat World.

— Ryan Hurd

Pop music is music that's made more accessible to people. And there's a certain lifestyle and everything that goes with it normally.

— Michelle Chamuel

Being authentic can be a good thing in that often people who are fixated on that are also fixated on having very high standards,…

— Edgar Meyer