“Growing up with country, R&B, gospel, and classical music from my grandmother and pop, Tuskegee was the perfect melting pot for my influences as a writer.” CountryPerfectGrowing UpGrowingInfluencePopsGrandmotherPotMy GrandmotherClassical MusicMeltingMelting Pot Author:Lionel Richie
“I'd like to do a pop album with an R and B influence. I definitely want to have those big ballads with the uptempo hits as well.” WantWellsBigsInfluenceAlbumsPopsBallads Author:Pia Toscano
“Music and visual performance have to influence each other. Designers and musicians have to be the nexus of all things pop culture, so I think about designers when I'm making music.” ThinkingCultureInfluenceMusicianAll ThingsPerformancesPopsDesignerVisualsPop CultureNexus Author:Lady Gaga
“I then discovered the Pop Art of Warhol, Lichtenstein, and Peter Max. I was inspired that these fun and colourful images could be presented seriously on canvas.” ArtFunInfluenceInspiredPopsPeterCanvasArt Of WarMaxWarholPop ArtColourful Author:Joe Average
“I started drawing comics, and at first I was very influenced by the whole pop art movement, you know, Batman was on TV and all that pop art stuff? But then my next influence was in 1966, or maybe it was '65, I don't know. Somebody showed me a copy of the "East Village Other", which was an underground newspaper. And... it had comics in it! And they weren't superhero comics.” KnowsFirstsArtWholeNextStuffInfluenceMovementTvsPopsEastDrawingNewspapersCopiesVillageSuperheroPop ArtEast Village Author:Trina Robbins
“I think in particularly with young kids who don't have a lot of positive influences, pop culture almost becomes a larger part of that self-discovery and how you define yourself.” ThinkingSelfKidsYoungCultureInfluenceDiscoveryPopsSelf DiscoveryPop CultureDefine YourselfPositive Influence Author:Terry Gross
“In terms of fashion, I think the biggest influence that I had was my father. My pops, he was really into men's fashion and read all of the magazines.” ThinkingMenFatherTermInfluenceFashionPopsMagazines Author:Danny Brown
“I'm not looking to be the greatest pop star of all time. I want to be an artist. I want to influence people and I want to get people to think about the world, to think and talk to each other and connect. To challenge one another.” PeopleThinkingWorldWantArtistStarsChallengesInfluencePopsAll TimePop StarsInfluencing People Author:Jillian Hervey
“Your drive to produce hard-edged opinions stoked by hostility is likely a sign that you've been brainwashed by the pedestrian influences of pop nihilism.” HardOpinionInfluenceProducePopsHostilityNihilismBrainwashedPedestrians Book:Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia: How the Whole World Is Conspiring to Shower You with Blessings Source: Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia: How the Whole World Is Conspiring to Shower You with Blessings
“In Fall Out Boy, we were all playing with our pop punk influences, so that was always within that kind of framework.” KindFallBoysInfluencePopsPunkFrameworkFall Out Boy Author:Patrick Stump
“My main influences are pop and folk music - Bob Lind, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, the Motown collection, The Zombies, Elliott Smith, and a ton of 70's AM radio hits. I love powerpop too.” YoungInfluenceFolksRadioPopsCollectionsBobZombieDylanPower Of LoveFolk MusicMotown Author:Greta Salpeter
“I grew up with rock and pop music from the 70s and 80s. I had to play guitar in school - it was a music college and we had to take instrument classes there - so I think guitar playing and guitar sounds have always been an influence.” ThinkingPlaySchoolSoundClassInfluenceRocksCollegeGrewGrew UpInstrumentsGuitarPops80sPop MusicGuitar PlayingGuitar Sound Author:Christian Fennesz
“My influences are jazz, blues, European classical music; they are rock music and pop music. So many kinds of music. World music from different countries like India and China. I think that would be a shame not to take advantage and do something... not unique, because I don't have this pretension.” ThinkingWorldKindDifferentCountryWould BeInfluenceRocksUniqueAdvantageIndiaShameJazzChinaPopsClassical MusicPop MusicRock MusicPretensionDifferent CountriesWorld Music Author:Rokia Traore
“I grew up in the church, with traditional hymns, but at the same time I was beginning to listen to pop music, the mid-60s, The Beatles, which had just as much influence on me as those hymns did. Then the hippy stuff like Pink Floyd started to raise questions about how I lived my life and the world in which I lived.” WorldStuffChurchInfluenceGrewGrew UpRaisesPopsTraditionalPop MusicHymnsRaises Questions Author:Alan Green
“People have said on blogs - which is kind of where I decide where to describe my style, from other people telling me - so I don't know, people say it's like, "electro-pop with glam and old rock influences." Or it's "indie pop" or whatever that means.” PeopleKnowsKindMeanSaidInfluenceRocksStylePopsBlogsGlamOld Rock Author:BØRNS