Quotes About Creativity

People didnt expect pop music to be authentic. There were a lot of manufactured bands - of which I love.

In pop music, people take a stand. When you look at a Beyonce or a Kendrick Lamar, they are going to tell you what they think. And audiences totally get it. They totally love it, and they are totally hungry for it. But in our conservatory training, I think it's a little lacking.

I think '80s pop music subconsciously informs what I'm doing.

I think I'm always adopting a persona. That's how I look at pop music. I don't feel like I have to be myself. I feel like I have to be true to myself, but I don't have to show an exact picture of who I am.

Pop music I have always loved best.

I have come to terms with the fact that it's called pop music - that's what I play, and that is what I write. I think it is a pretty broad category.

Pop music has been exhausted. The innocence has been exhausted. I think we've lost the ability to be blown away by music.

I like the pop music, but I still want to have meaning in my music.

I'm a big fan of pop music - I think Marvin Gaye was pop music; things like that.

I love my pop music.

I'm moved by a lot of different kinds of music, whether it's pop music or R&B or straight-ahead jazz or free or opera or music from all parts of the world.

I think of the pop music that I've made in the past and hear on the radio as candy bars. And I was really good at making candy bars.

Pop music is always great for keeping the energy up, but it can get really old, especially after eight hours, just because there aren't that many great pop songs.

I've always wanted to write pop music. I never wanted to be cool or make a hipster record.

I've wanted to write good pop music, beautiful pop music - not just throwaways. I've always wanted to make it sound luscious and beautiful and cinematic.

My voice is different, but I don't think I'm the only one with a different take on pop music.

I make pop music, but I do it on my own terms. I'll never play the game, so to speak, just for success. I'll always follow my heart and make the music I want to make.

Pop music for introverts is an idea I wanted to explore.

The story of American pop music is the story of failure. The blues, country music, it's not the story of success. People don't win; they lose.

Pop music is what touches me the most.

I wanted to show that pop music can be about something else other than the big love songs.

I've always been drawn to ambiguity in pop music.

You can get a rut where you think you need to create something that sounds like a certain thing - especially with pop music.

Games isn't really pop music, and neither is OPN. Both are part of the same ecosystem and both deal with exploring the undercurrents of pop music.