Cases Quote by Edgar Allan Poe

Every musician out there wants to be judged on the merit of their songwriting, the merit of their performing abilities.

— Laura Jane Grace

Sometimes music can really seem like a popularity contest with beautiful people.

— Tom Walker

I think particularly in music, popularity os a very fickle thing. You're only as good as your last song.

— Tom Odell

That's the definition of popularity. Something that literally resonates with many, many people.

— Tod Machover

In a sense, a hit belongs to the person who made it popular, but if a tune is good enough to attain tremendous success,…

— Les Baxter

The songs I write should only be gauged by what other writers or peers are doing today. If the barometer for all songwriters was…

— Jakob Dylan

I think a lot of people, when they write a song, they put it on a pedestal - and it shouldn't be. Music should…

— CMAT

There are simply two kinds of music, good music and the other kind ... the only yardstick by which the result should be judged…

— Duke Ellington

Popularity gets up people's noses. But I understand the importance and the function of popular music. There is an artistic purpose. Popular music helps…

— Andrea Bocelli

If you look at the content of songs people write, it's usually about the things they know best.

— Nick Rhodes

I grew up listening to hits, and if I write something I feel, I think that's pretty mass appeal. I'm not very elitist with…

— Diane Warren

Popularity has everything to do with business and nothing to do with music.

— Donald Fagen