“The function of pop music is to be consumed.” MusicMusic IsFunctionPopsConsumedPop Music Author:Pierre Boulez
“From our earliest days in Liverpool, George and I on the one hand and Paul on the other had different musical tastes. Paul preferred 'pop type' music and we preferred what is now called 'underground'. This may have led to arguments, particularly between Paul and George, but the contrast in tastes, I'm sure, did more good than harm, musically speaking, and contributed to our success.” MayDifferentHandsMusicTypeTasteMusic IsArgumentMusicalPopsHarmContrastLiverpoolMusical Taste Author:John Lennon
“If pop music reflects the culture, this will surely go down as the era in which people rose up and realized it was fun to dance at parties.” PeopleIfsCultureFunPartyMusicRosePopsErasPop Music Author:Dana Gould
“I love pop music. It's not easy to write a good pop song.” WritingSongEasyMusicPopsSingersPop MusicSinger SongwritersPunk RockPopular SongPop Song Author:John Lydon
“I've never believed that pop music is escapist trash. There's always a darkness in it, even amidst great pop music.” MusicDarknessMusic IsPopsTrashPop MusicEscapists Author:Thom Yorke
“When you think about it, Adolf Hitler was the first pop star.” ThinkingFirstsStarsMusicPopsPop Stars Author:David Bowie
“Pop music often tells you everything is OK, while rock music tells you that it's not OK, but you can change it.” MusicRocksPopsRock N RollPop MusicRock Music Author:Bono
“If you are a pop band, don't say you're a metal band. Poison and Warrant were about as metal as the Backstreet Boys.” IfsMusicBoysBandPopsPoisonMetalsWarrantsHeavy MetalGenres Of MusicBackstreetMetal BandBackstreet BoysBlack MetalPop Bands Author:Geezer Butler
“Pop doesn't really look back. It can't. What makes pop work is simplicity.” LooksMusicJazzSimplicityPops Author:Branford Marsalis
“Straight from the heart, I represent hip hop I be three albums deep, but I don't wanna go pop Too many candy rappers seem to be at the top Too much candy is no good, so now I'm closing the shop.” HeartSeemsThreeMusicToo MuchHip HopAlbumsPopsRapHipsShopsHopsRapperPopularityCandyClosingRepresenting Author:Phife Dawg
“The new sound-sphere is global. It ripples at great speed across languages, ideologies, frontiers and races. The economics of this musical Esperanto is staggering. Rock and pop breed concentric worlds of fashion, setting and life-style. Popular music has brought with it sociologies of private and public manner, of group solidarity. The politics of Eden come loud.” WorldLifeLanguageSoundRaceMusicGroupsRocksFashionStyleEconomicsMusicalPopsSpeedSettingSettingsIdeologyLoudSpheresSolidaritySociologyFrontiersEdenRippleStaggeringPopular MusicLife StyleMusical LifeEsperanto Author:George Steiner
“You certainly don't hear any country music on pop radio today. But for a while you did, and it was a lovely thing to have all the different genres of music cohabitating the Top 40 - the folk sound, The Beatles, the British sound, the Motown sounds, that kind of light country - it was a welcome relief after a few hard rock records. Everyone was sharing the airwaves, and I think it was a beautiful time for American music.” ThinkingKindDifferentCountryHardLightTodayBeautifulSoundMusicRecordsRocksFolksRadioPopsBritishLovelyWelcomeGenreReliefDifferent GenresAmerican MusicMotownLovely ThingsHard RockGenres Of MusicDifferent Genres Of Music Author:Jimmy Webb
“I thought I was the only one who still enjoyed his record collection, but after reading 'How Records Got Their Groove Back,' I happily discovered I was wrong. There is something familiar about my old vinyl. Call it nostalgia, but I don't care for the 'purity' of CDs. They have no personality! The crackle and pop of the stylus on a record player as you wait for the music to begin creates an anticipation that CDs simply can't provide.” StillsCareReadingWaitingMusicRecordsPlayerPersonalityDon't CarePopsNostalgiaFamiliarEnjoyedI Don't CarePurityCollectionsAnticipationCdsGrooveVinylRecord Players Author:Anthony Pilla
“I'm a businesswoman. I am a music lover. I like for people to like my music. When you listen to top 40 radio, you hear pop stuff. You hear rock stuff. You hear all these different influences” PeopleDifferentStuffMusicInfluenceRocksLoversRadioPopsMusic Lover Author:Lee Ann Womack
“I still tune in to the radio and listen to pop music and enjoy it as much as I ever have.” StillsEnjoyMusicRadioPopsTunesPop Music Author:Kim Wilde