“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.” IfsKnowsKindSoulRocksJazzHip HopPopsHipsAlternativesClassicHopsClassic RockBrazilian Music Author:John Legend
“What I find more remarkable, however, is how readily many people in our society believe outlandish and unsubstantiated urban myths and conspiracies (Pop Rocks and Coke, JFK assassination, AIDS is man-made, etc.), yet disregard thousands of personal and consistent testimonies of miracles and near-death experiences from people throughout all cultures and religions.” PeopleMenBelieveMadeGodChristianCultureReligiousRocksMiraclePopsMythAidsConsistentEtcRemarkableOur SocietyConspiracyUrbanTestimonyDisregardAssassinationCokeNear DeathOutlandishNear Death ExperienceCulture And Religion Author:Mary C. Neal
“The weirdest thing I've been fascinated with nowadays is the new contemporary country music, which to me sounds like very strange '70s pop, and sometimes like rock music. But some of the themes in there - maybe it's because I know how the songs were written, but it really does sound like it was written by two or three people, with the idea to appeal to the most general audience.” PeopleKnowsDoeTwoIdeasCountrySometimesSongThreeSoundAudienceKnow HowWrittenRocksStrangePopsContemporaryAppealsThemeFascinatedRock Music Author:Ryan Adams
“I started buying records in the 80s. I listened to everything new wave, disco, funk synth-pop, rock, but in my house we were listening to bossa nova, tango, and folk.” HouseRecordsRocksListeningFolksWavePopsBuying80sDiscoFunkTangoNovas Author:Steven Sater
“I really do listen to all types of music, not only rock, but everything from good pop music - which is usually older pop music - to RB and indie rock. I love indie rock more than a lot of the commercial stuff that you'd expect.” StuffRocksTypePopsPop MusicIndie Rock Author:Amy Lee
“Fall Out Boy never pretended that we were anything but pop-rock.” FallBoysRocksPopsFall Out Boy Author:Pete Wentz
“The Rolling Stones are truly the greatest rock and roll band in the world and always will be. The last too. Everything that came after them, metal, rap, punk, new wave, pop-rock, you name it... you can trace it all back to the Rolling Stones. They were the first and the last and no one's ever done it better.” WorldFirstsDoneLastsNamesRocksBandStonesWavePopsRapMetalsPunkRollingRock And RollRolling Stones Author:Bob Dylan
“Pop music has progressed. The singing voice has changed dramatically in pop music, and people now just sing the way they want to, in their speaking voice, instead of putting on some great transatlantic rock and roll sneer.” PeopleWayWantVoiceRocksChangedSingingPopsRock And RollPop MusicSneer Author:Steven Morrissey
“My music has always been sort of in-between categories. Sometimes record stores - back when there were record stores - they'd put my records in the country music section, but other record stores would put my records in the pop or even the rock section. As long as it's in the store somewhere, I'm OK with it.” LongCountrySometimesRecordsRocksPopsStoresCategoriesSectionsBack WhenRecord Stores Author:Lyle Lovett
“For us, selling a million records in 2005 is the equivalent of selling 2 to 3 million records (five years ago). Rock records aren't flying off the shelves like they used to. Hip-hop and pop are so huge. (But) everything's on the upswing for us.” YearsUsedMillionsRecordsFiveRocksHugeYears AgoHip HopPopsFlyingSellingHipsFive YearsHopsShelves Author:Jacoby Shaddix
“When I hear the name Michael Jackson, I think of brilliance, of dazzling stars, lasers and deep emotions. I think he is one of the world's biggest and greatest stars, and it just so happens that he is one of the most gifted music makers the world has ever known. I think he is one of the finest people to hit this planet, and, in my estimation, he is the true King of Pop, Rock, and Soul. I love you Michael.” PeopleThinkingWorldSoulHappensNamesStarsEmotionKnownRocksLove YouPlanetsKingsPopsMakersGiftedFinestBrillianceDazzlingEstimationLasersDeep Emotions Author:Elizabeth Taylor
“It's an honor for me to close out Mysteryland. In American music history this is hallowed ground. I think electronic music has a lot in common with the spirit of rock and roll and what Woodstock had going on at the time. We are kind of the new kids on the block and this music isn't accepted by everyone so we are still kind of getting into pop culture and I think its appropriate that this festival is here and kicking down the door.” ThinkingKindStillsKidsSpiritCultureCommonDoorsRocksHonorMusic IsPopsAcceptedBlockAppropriateRock And RollFestivalsPop CultureKickingElectronic MusicAmerican MusicWoodstockHallowed Ground Author:Kaskade
“I really don't. I have truly eclectic taste in music and I seem to cycle through phases in terms of to what's inspiring me. I'll go from Beethoven to Sigur Ros; World Music, Brit-pop, Classic Rock, Blues/Jazz, even the odd bit of Heavy metal.” WorldSeemsBitsTermRocksTasteJazzHeavyPopsOddClassicCyclesMetalsPhasesEclecticHeavy MetalBritsWorld MusicClassic RockTaste In MusicEclectic Style Author:Rachel Miner
“What is a genius? What is a living legend? What is a megastar? Michael Jackson -- that's all. And when you think you know him, he gives you more. I think he is one of the finest people to hit this planet, and, in my estimation, he is the true King of Pop, Rock and Soul.” PeopleThinkingKnowsGivingSoulRocksPlanetsGeniusKingsPopsLegendsFinestEstimationYou Think You KnowLiving Legends Author:Elizabeth Taylor
“The rich plankton of pop heroes and pop villains on which we Americans are accustomed to feed, the daily media soup of sports figures, ax murderers, politicians, and rock singers, the ever-running river of celebs, heavies, and oddballs that we use to spice up our own relatively humdrum lives has of late become a very watery gruel. Where have all the good guys and bad guys gone? Why does everyone out there look so gray?” LooksDoeUseRunningGuySportsGoneRichRocksMediaFiguresHeroPoliticianLateRiversPopsSingersGrayVillainSoupMurdererAccustomedBad GuysSpicesGood GuyHumdrumOddballsCelebsPlankton Book:Talking woman Source: Talking woman
“It came from my mother. She was a singer, and literally every day of the week she sang at a different club in a different genre of music: country, R&B clubs, jazz clubs, church on Sunday morning where she was the music director, pop hits, soft rock. I grew up listening to all this music, so it was never one thing for me.” DifferentCountryMotherChurchMorningOne ThingWeekRocksListeningGrewDirectorsGrew UpJazzClubsPopsSingersGenreSundaySunday MorningDifferent GenresDays Of The WeekGenres Of MusicChurch On SundayDifferent Genres Of Music Author:Robert Glasper
“No matter what though, there's always rock & roll. There's rock 'n' roll in hip-hop, there's rock & roll in pop music, there's rock 'n' roll in soul, there's rock 'n' roll in country. When you see people dress and their style has an edge to it, that rebellious edge that bubbles up in every genre, that's rock & roll. Everybody still wants to be a rock star.” PeopleWantStillsSoulCountryMatterStarsRocksStyleNo Matter WhatDressesEdgesHip HopPopsHipsGenreHopsBubblesRock N RollRebelliousRock StarPop Music Author:John Varvatos
“Rock and roll by its nature is sexual. So girls playing rock and roll is saying to the world, "We own our sexuality." I think that pop music is sort of about "you can do what you want to me" kind of energy, while rock and roll is "I'm going to do what I want to you" kind of energy.” ThinkingWorldWantKindGirlEnergyCan DoRocksMusic IsPopsSexualityWhat You WantRock And RollPop Music Author:Joan Jett
“With a pop album you can listen to one or two songs from it, but a music album is really an experience. It's not something a whole lot of rock bands do.” TwoWholeSongRocksBandAlbumsPopsRock Bands Author:Dylan Baldi
“I love jazz and pop rock and country. I grew up listening to Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Def Leppard, AC/DC, Anne Murray - if I hear something really great I want to be a part of it.” IfsWantCountryRocksListeningGrewGrew UpJazzPopsReally GreatHoustonWhitney Author:Natalie MacMaster
“I explored rock culture and what the guitar can do though people like Jimmy Page and John McLaughlin, and the music moves away from pop.” PeopleMovingCultureCan DoRocksPagesGuitarPopsJimmy Author:Johnny Marr
“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.” AnswersRocksJazzResponsePops Author:Cyndi Lauper
“To us, it's vey natural. Initially, it sounded kind of strange to people, because it is different to put traditional Irish music in a pop and rock mode. But they get used to it -- it is our sound.” PeopleKindDifferentUsedSoundNaturalRocksStrangePopsTraditionalIrish Music Author:Andrea Corr
“Punk was sort of an angry stance against things that had happened just before, against the pop of glam rock, against progressive rock. Music had become very staid and it was about the playing and people obsessed. Eric Clapton was God and we needed an enema within the art form, and punk did do that.” PeopleArtFormHappenedRocksNeededAngryPopsObsessedProgressivePunkRock MusicEricStanceGlamGlam Rock Author:Gary Kemp
“The biggest question I have is if you're a rock singer or a rock 'n' roll band, or if you're a pop singer if you've made your way in another genre of music and now you want to make a country record, why? That's my question. Why?” IfsWayWantMadeCountryRecordsRocksBandPopsSingersGenreRock N RollGenres Of Music Author:Joe Nichols
“After the shooting of John Lennon and the early death of so many great stars and the utter naked venal mercantile marketing of pop music and rock music, I don't think anyone really believes that music is anything more than another commodity.” ThinkingBelieveStarsRocksMusic IsMarketingPopsNakedShootingCommodityPop MusicRock MusicLennonEarly Death Author:Stephen Fry
“I think of rock 'n' roll as a combination of country blues and swing band music, not Chicago blues, and modern pop.” ThinkingCountryModernRocksBandPopsCombinationChicagoRock N RollSwingsChicago Blues Author:Bob Dylan
“I think a great artist should be able to create any style, any form, anything from rock to pop to gospel to spiritual, just wonderful music where everybody can sing it.” ThinkingShouldAbleSpiritualFormArtistWonderfulRocksStylePopsGreat ArtGreat ArtistArtistry Author:Michael Jackson
“In Nashville, there is a historic tendency to work the lyric to death while settling for music that works. In pop or rock, it can be the other way around.” WayWritingRocksPopsTendenciesSettlingSongwritingHistoricNashville Author:Michael Kosser
“I couldn't do the heavy rock thing anymore. Noddy Holder was around kicking every singer in the ***. I never wanted to be a pop singer. Christ, how I hated Noddy!” WantedChristRocksHeavyPopsSingersHatedKicking Author:Tom Jones
“Slade was never pretentious. It was just music to them. Pop, rock, soul....it was all the same to Slade. They wrote great songs. And, besides, I'd like to raid their wardrobe.” SoulSongRocksPopsWardrobePretentious Author:Noel Gallagher
“I feel like pop stars can't be rock stars anymore because they have to be role models, and it takes the fun out of it for us, because we just want to have fun with art.” WantFeelsArtFunStarsRolesRocksModelsPopsHaving FunRole ModelsRock StarPop StarsJust Want To Have Fun Author:Rihanna
“I listen to a lot of crazy stuff like pop, techno, rock, hip-hop, rap, baladas, bachata...my iPod is crazy. I like listening to a lot of stuff in different languages, so my music is always out there for me.” DifferentLanguageStuffCrazyRocksListeningMusic IsHip HopPopsRapHipsHopsIpodsDifferent LanguagesTechnoBachata Author:Prince Royce
“Traveling all over the country and all over the world, I think you've got a lot of pop acts and a lot of rock acts that are making a point of traveling to different places and making people aware of their music and their shows and the whole deal and I think country music has always sort of stayed, for the most part, in the states.” PeopleThinkingWorldDifferentCountryStatesWholeShowsDealsRocksPopsDifferent Place Author:Jason Aldean
“When I began to cover songs for YouTube, they all tended to be in the super pop-genre.. as in, smash-hit songs. My writing process was heavily influenced by this - I went from a more heavy punk rock style to straight up sugary-sweet pop.” WritingSongProcessRocksStyleSweetHeavyPopsGenrePunkWriting ProcessYoutubePunk RockStraight UpCover Songs Author:Alex Goot
“What I love about '80s rock music is the amazing, fantastic melodies. In pop music, it's all about the techno beat to dance to in the club and the repetitiveness, whereas in rock music there is literally, like, balls-to-the-wall singing and playing. I love it.” RocksWallMusic IsBeatsSingingBallsClubsPopsFantasticMelody80sPop MusicRock MusicTechnoBalls To The Wall Author:Julianne Hough
“Everything has become so pop-rock oriented that finding a role for a soprano, and finding an audience for a soprano, is tricky. Unless you're dealing with a revival, which is why I do so many revivals - because my specific tone and vocal quality lends itself to that type of writing.” WritingQualityRolesAudienceRocksTypeFindingsPopsToneVocalRevivalTrickySopranos Author:Laura Benanti
“The first time I heard Bob Dylan, I was in the car with my mother listening to WMCA, and on came that snare shot that sounded like somebody'd kicked open the door to your mind.” WorldWayMindFirstsMeanWholeBodyFacesMotherSongSoundVisionDoorsHeardAchieveRocksTalentCarChangedListeningShotsFirst TimePopsIntellectYour BodySingersWhole WorldBrokeLimitationRock N RollBobNew WaysDylanSnaresPop Song Author:Bruce Springsteen
“The most inspiring drummer for me is Stewart Copeland from The Police. The Police are the first band I can remember really liking, and Copeland is a guy who was playing in sort of a rock band, or a rock-pop band, but he didn't want to do the traditional kind of rock drumbeat. He was doing all these kind of reggae rhythms, and the reggae style is almost an exact opposite of the rock mold of drumming.” WantFirstsKindI CanRememberGuyRocksStyleBandOppositesPolicePopsTraditionalRhythmMoldDrummerReggaeRock BandsDrummingMost InspiringPop Bands Author:Panda Bear
“I love rock, pop, and funk. I love being able to blend these three and create something unique for people.” PeopleAbleThreeLove IsRocksUniquePopsFunk Author:Joe Jonas
“Luckily for me, when I was growing up in high school, I had a band, and I was a singer in the band. I'm less of a legit Broadway singer than I am a pop-rock singer.” SchoolGrowing UpGrowingRocksBandHigh SchoolPopsSingersBroadwayLegit Author:Stark Sands
“In pop music, you say, 'You can do what you want to me.' Rock 'n' roll says, 'I'm gonna do what I want to you.'” WantCan DoRocksPopsWhat You WantRock N RollPop Music Author:Joan Jett
“Composers don't just sit in a room and write things that are in their heads, they actually listen to a lot of music, pop music, jazz, rock and roll, any combination of music that catches their ear.” WritingRoomsRocksEarsJazzPopsCombinationComposerRock And RollPop Music Author:Hilary Hahn
“The classical music industry, has been an industry of covers. So we do covers, and if I compare this with the rock and pop side, what is the most exciting event?” IfsHas BeensSidesRocksEventsIndustryExcitingPopsCompareClassical MusicMusic Industry Author:Esa-Pekka Salonen
“The music of the westerner comes from Africa, whether they like it or not. The majority of the instruments of the music, of the pop music, rock and roll, or R&B, hip hop, whatever it is, their roots trace back to Africa. So if you are black, white, yellow, or red, whatever you do, it doesn't matter, because your DNA is back in Africa.” IfsMatterBlackWhiteRocksRedRootsInstrumentsMajorityHip HopPopsHipsHopsYellowRock And RollDnaPop MusicBlack WhiteWesterners Author:Angelique Kidjo
“I was in rock music in London when it was the height of Brit pop, with The Kinks revival and Suede and Blur and Oasis, and all of those really great bands that were of a certain style. If I'd really been smart and commercially minded, I would have just got myself a blazer and some Stay Press and some Fred Perry tops, and just gone out and tried to do it like everyone else. Instead, I did this ridiculous thing of trying to do this music.” IfsTryingCertainGoneRocksStyleBandSmartPressesPopsLondonRidiculousHeightReally GreatRevivalRock MusicBlurOasisBritsKinkBlazersRidiculous Things Author:Gavin Rossdale
“I don't want to pooh-pooh modern pop. I appreciate that as well, but my personal favorite kind of music is guitar-based rock. I like grunge and garage bands and alternative music, but that's more my personal taste.” WantWellsKindModernRocksTasteBandMusic IsAppreciateGuitarPopsAlternativesGarageGrungePersonal TasteAlternative Music Author:Al Yankovic
“I have so many songs, it's ridiculous. I love so many different types of music and tend to write all over the map, style-wise. R&B, rock 'n' roll, screamers, pop, good-time songs.” WritingDifferentSongWiseRocksStyleTypePopsRidiculousGood TimesMapsRock N RollDifferent Types Of Music Author:Taryn Manning
“Pop stars are capable of growing old. Mick Jagger at 50 will be marvelous - a battered old roue - I can just see him. An aging rock star doesn't have to opt out life. When I'm 50, I'll prove it.” I CanStarsGrowingRocksProveCapableAgingPopsMarvelousRock StarGrowing OldProve ItPop StarsBatteredJagger Author:David Bowie
“Hit songs did not come out of musicals. Pop-rock was creating the hits. There were very few songs that made the charts out of any Broadway musical.” MadeSongRocksCreatingMusicalPopsBroadwayBroadway Musical Author:Stephen Sondheim