Being Quote by James Blake

I want to make big-sounding pop records.

— Mika

Pop belonged to more musical people in earlier times, but we've sort of gotten away from that. Now it's software people. I kind of…

— Dave Sitek

I still want to make a pop record. I want to make a more sonically current pop record. I maybe want to make people…

— Katy Perry

The recording industry has changed; they're enjoying such incredible success in the pop field

— Gerry Mulligan

Modern records are all made with virtually identical gear, software plug-ins and everything. Everybody wants everything to sound like the last thing that was…

— Dweezil Zappa

Pop doesn't really look back. It can't. What makes pop work is simplicity.

— Branford Marsalis

Pop is totally results-oriented and there is a very strong feedback loop.

— Brian Eno

There is some sampling on my records and a lot of what I call replays, where I'd have musicians come in the studio and…

— Dr. Dre

With modern recording techniques, and living in the Pro Tools era, the process gets really drawn-out, and it can become painstaking.

— Beck

Most of all I want to make pop music that has something real behind it.

— Alex Winston

Computers have virtually replaced tape recorders.

— Tony Visconti

The greatest records in the world were made without going to Auto-tune or Pro Tools, or having some click track. If they could do…

— Michael Buble