Big Quote by Gary Allan

People think I take some sort of masochistic pleasure out of putting out music that's gonna be unpopular.

— Billy Corgan

We love popular music and there has to be a certain amount of popularity in what you do, or you're gone.

— Russell Mael

It's not a popularity contest to me. It should always be about the music.

— Gabriella Wilson

You know when you throw a party, you think people will show up and no one will like each other. It's like that with…

— Tom Waits

I wouldn't mind being popular in other ways, but not with music.

— Sufjan Stevens

You don't want to go and make something, then go out and do shows, if you're not really into it. You don't want to…

— Paolo Nutini

My music is party music. If you can make people party, you can always have an audience for that.

— Lil Jon

I'm the audience first, and if you're gonna be a great performer, you need to be a great audience. So, I do music for…

— Shelby Lynne

If you don't like this, we don't care - I think that's the essence of what popular music should be.

— Ron Mael

To go see a band in a big venue is a difficult experience. I don't really like that too much. I'm not a guy…

— Andy Summers

In the past, I had this open-door policy where everyone was invited. And that was awesome, but you end up releasing songs that you…

— Devendra Banhart

I mean, I definitely relate to not being a part of the popular crowd.

— Shannon Purser