Able Quote by Nikka Graff Lanzarone

Pop music has progressed.

— Anonymous

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

— Griff

When I was starting out, there was a big gap between pop music and show music. But thanks to 'Hair,' theater songs could become…

— Stephen Schwartz

We've never tried to make timeless music like, say, Bruce Springsteen. But we've come to realize that maybe we've had more of an influence…

— Russell Mael

Pop is the most competitive form of music there is. You are always fighting to be adopted and accepted by the masses, and it's…

— will.i.am

The only thing that exists to me is commercial pop music.

— Barry Gibb

I come from a time when pop music was the coin of the cultural realm and in a certain way was the only coin…

— Fred Seibert

There are pop-culture things on television [that I like]. Not so much in music at all.

— Taylor Momsen

The moment artists can just do what they love to do then music will go right back to where it used to be. I…

— Akon

It's a lot more interesting to dig into the popular music from where I'm from than adhere to some kind of standardized global pop.

— Rosalia

In 2010, aside from that niche of music that I have no interest in - Black Eyed Peas territory, disposable pop stuff - there's…

— Trent Reznor

I think right now, you've seen these artists pop up over the last decade who've flirted with branching together a lot of different kinds…

— Eric Church