Quotes About Music

Elvis Presley's estate is making 30 million a year, and they say that Marley shouldn't be, but he is from a much poorer part of the world, and a lot more people need the money.

I sing a little bit, yeah. But I sing very poorly.

Usually bands with violins - it's this little, poorly amplified looking kind of futile on stage, and that's not the way that my music is put together.

I enjoy all forms of music - pop, classical and opera.

It was very interesting in my world, because I grew up as a fan and I did not know that there was a thing called R&B, pop, country, classical - I just knew that I loved music.

I listen to all those kinds of music, from classic soul to hip-hop to Brazilian music to, you know, jazz to indie to alternative. So whatever. I listen to all if it. Classic rock and classic pop, all of that.

Obviously the music I listened to growing up helped create my musical pallet. My parents were into pop, soul, disco, RNB, Latin, jazz and Middle Eastern music.

You will in the future hear me on a pop album, but that's just the experimental side of me.

It's actually one of my dreams to have my own album. My music genre is dark pop.

Being a pop artist or making music like a jingle or something - I don't do that.

Pop is in a shocking state at the moment.

There is a definite Chinese pop sound developing, but I was shocked at how influenced it is by American music.

It was a fun job but I'd never claim Busted was anything other than a pop band.

The Busted thing happened when I was 16. I saw an opportunity, took it and it was better than being at school. It was a fun job but I'd never claim Busted was anything other than a pop band.

I learned jazz; that comes from blues. I learned rock; that comes from blues. I learned pop; that comes from blues. Even dance, that comes from blues, with the answer-and-response.

We didn't gel with Poison and the Bon Jovi. Bon Jovi was the best of the pop metal bands, but we never fit in with the hair metal stuff. We were never as hip as the Chili Peppers. We were in the middle.

I've learned a lot about my voice, and about things I can do with it. Maybe that's why my sound has become a little more pop.

I'm watching the charts every week and hoping something will pop into my head.

You go to a pop concert or a classical concert but there's nothing in between.

I want an audience that we might call a pop audience. Cross over to pop. Cross over to R&B. And bring those people to Brubeck and Chick Corea, you dig? A lot of people found Dave Brubeck and Chick Corea because they came to hear 'We're in This Love Together' and 'After All.'

Country is and always will be my heart, but I don't have a problem with it spilling over into pop if it wants to.

I want to make pop cool again, and the only way I can do that is by being ambitious and grand.

If you asked me what pop is right now. I'd say hip hop.

I listen to a pop genre of music to keep the rhythm flowing and sometimes I'll take it back to the old school to keep my mind calm because once you start to listen to so much craziness, it gets hectic.