Quotes About Relevance

People have been saying rock is dead for years, but the reality is that it just falls out of favor with pop culture from time to time.

What I like about pop music, and why I'm still attracted to it, is that in the end it becomes our folk music.

Pop music was supposed to be a flash in the pan, but here we are 50 years later and it means something to us, and it always will do. It's incredibly important.

You had to read what I wrote if you lived in L.A. in 1975 and cared about pop music.

When someone drew a picture of Pope John wearing an Avis 'We try harder' button, those words no longer meant which car rental to patronize, and yet some of the overtones from its original meaning are there and make a contribution to the new situation.

I don't want the 35-year-olds in my audience to think of me as as 'pops' giving the kind of advice that only 65-year-olds can understand.

I always looked at 'All In' with the perspective that it's about the present and future of the industry and not really about cheap pops, even though I'm sure they'll be plenty of those on the show.

I may not be top of the pops' anymore, but I seem to still be making a big impact.

When a popular phenomenon reaches the cover of 'Time', it is already out of fashion.

It really is, to see that this kind of music is still so popular.

It's just that a lot of songs that are popular right now, they don't have any meaning.

In their heyday, comics were a dominant force in popular culture, but that's over.

Not being active, your name doesn't go out there as much, and you lose the popularity thing. Also, you're not able to make a living. This is what we do to make a living: we go out there and fight. Not being able to fight for a year and a half and not able to bring in money, it definitely sets you back.

Of course, no single entertainment device can enjoy eternal popularity.

We're assaulted with facts, pseudo facts, jibber-jabber, and rumour, all posing as information. Trying to figure out what you need to know and what you can ignore is exhausting.

I never want to be randomly posing with a product or putting my name to a brand arbitrarily.

You've got to stay current and up with the competition. The main thing, though, is finding the greatest songs you can possibly find.

I thought at 46 years old, I've been removed from the fashion industry for 10 years. I couldn't possibly write a model's book. That's for a 20-year-old. But I could say what I want to say without chastising the industry.

Never blog just to put something out there. I would post only things that excite me.

Never post food on your Instagram. Nobody cares, and only old people do it.

I suppose that the Western has always been a kind of mold to which you could pour the concerns of the day, but have them seen in the simple terms of the Western, of one alley or whatever.

Take the time to match your application to the company and the role you're applying for. Even if it means you're sending out fewer applications overall, I think that can be really powerful.

I do not want to ask people to go consume something unless I think it is important in some way.

When you see most companies get big, they want to shout about all they've done. But the consumer wants to know: 'What have you done for me lately?'