“I've never really gotten into the whole labels thing. There were times I would cover a pop song, and people would say 'You sound really country.' I gave up on that whole thing a long time ago.” PeopleLongCountryWholeSongSoundLong TimePopsLabelsLong Time AgoGave UpPop Song Author:David Nail
“To look for some kind of insight or meaning in pop songs is not really - well there's plenty of other places where you should probably look first before you start looking for it in a pop song.” ShouldFirstsWellsLooksKindSongInsightPopsPlentyPop Song Author:Jason Newsted
“Creating a decent pop song is a challenge - and occasionally, once in every decade - it's kind of fun to do that.” KindSongFunChallengesCreatingPopsDecadesDecentPop Song Author:David Sylvian
“It's a real gift to be able to have the works of brilliant, great people to learn from and build from. It gives you so much more to draw on, and then you don't have to be all about three-chord pop songs. I don't really like that kind of writing.” PeopleGivingWritingKindRealAbleSongThreeDrawsPopsBrilliantChordsGreat PeoplePop Song Author:Regina Spektor
“I'm totally convinced I can write the perfect pop song.” WritingI CanSongPerfectPopsConvincedPop Song Author:Moon Unit Zappa
“My mom and I are very honest with each other, almost to a fault. But that's just the way I am in life. If you listen to my record, I'm just honest about stupid stuff most normal people wouldn't put in a pop song.” PeopleIfsWaySongStuffRecordsHonestStupidMomNormalFaultsMy MomPopsPop Song Author:Kesha
“I think, 'How could anybody mock a good pop song?' It is timeless; it transcends barriers; it breaks down every single type of social barrier that you can possibly have. It can deal with the most difficult subjects, even if it abstracts the subject matter.” IfsThinkingMatterSongSocialDifficultDealsBreakSubjectsTypePopsBarriersTimelessBreaking DownSubject MatterMockPop SongDifficult Subjects Author:Mika
“Do we really have to wander around apologizing for enjoying plot, just because James Wood and a few dozen other arch-aesthetes sniff at it? It's like being careful not to sing pop songs in the shower because some guy in the local alt-weekly is a music snob.” GuySongEnjoyCarefulPopsWoodsLocalsWanderPlotDozenApologizingShowersArchesSnobPop Song Author:Patrick Nielsen Hayden
“I feel like humans are a disease. It's a hard thing to communicate in a pop song. I mean, who wants to hear that?” WantFeelsHumansMeanHardSongDiseaseCommunicatePopsHard ThingsPop Song Author:Zola Jesus
“I don't think I'd be able to flat-out write a pop song and make it satisfying to me. I'm ready to make a consistent sound in whatever way I can.” ThinkingWayWritingI CanAbleSongSoundReadyPopsConsistentFlatsSatisfyingPop Song Author:Leon Bridges
“I wrote 'Lights' a long, long time ago. And I expected it to be on the album, because it was - I wrote it with 'Biff' Stannard. And he wrote every single Spice Girls song and every single pop song of the 90s, basically. So I thought, you know, I was really lucky to work with him, but I didn't think it would be a big song for some reason.” ThinkingKnowsLongReasonBigsLightWould BeSongGirlLuckyLong TimeAlbumsPopsExpectedLong Time AgoSpicesPop SongSpice Girls Author:Ellie Goulding
“I'm really attracted to music that sort of toes that line between pop and avant-garde, that pushes the envelope of what you can get in a pop song.” SongLinesPopsToesEnvelopesAvant GardePop Song Author:Patrick Stump
“The term 'popular culture' always used to mean what the people do - pop songs, folk songs, music in general used to live because people would sing these songs and tell these stories together. Then all of these new technologies came out and it became the work of professionals.” PeopleMeanStoriesTogetherUsedSongCultureTermTechnologyFolksPopsNew TechnologyPopular CulturePop SongFolk Songs Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“You can only write so many pop songs before they all sound the same. I got to a point where something overtly melodic and straightforward sounded sort of cheesy to me. Pop songs seemed too manufactured.” WritingSongSoundPopsStraightforwardCheesyPop Song Author:Dylan Baldi
“My favorite records are by bands where the musicians are all playing like themselves, but those personalities connect in an exciting way and create music that is one cohesive unit. It's not catchy like a pop song, but it's a really cool song.” WaySongRecordsPersonalityBandMusicianExcitingMy FavoritePopsUnitsReally CoolPop SongCatchy Author:Dylan Baldi
“It's so easy for me to do a boy-bashing pop song, but to sit down and write honestly about something that's really close to me, something I've been through, it's a totally different thing.” WritingDifferentSongEasyBoysDown AndPopsHonestlyDifferent ThingsPop Song Author:Avril Lavigne
“These pop songs almost feel like tabloid journalism, in a way. It's c**p that people seem to like. And I don't know if it has meaning. I don't know if one of the pop songs of the summer has any fibre in it. People are consuming it, and is it healthy?... Maybe there's some healthy property or some restorative property that I'm not receiving. It seems like it has a really high fructose content.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayFeelsSeemsSongHealthySummerPropertyPopsJournalismReceivingConsumingTabloidsPop Song Author:Eddie Vedder
“To write a love song that might be able to make it on the radio, that is something that is terrifying to me. But I can definitely write a song about that chair over there. That I can do, but to sit and write a pop song out of the clear blue sky, that is very difficult and I admire the people that can do it.” PeopleWritingI CanMightAbleSongDifficultCan DoClearSkyBlueRadioPopsAdmireChairsBlue SkyPop SongClear Blue Sky Author:Barry Manilow
“Doing something that you love regardless when it's a blockbuster movie or you're writing a pop song or trying shamelessly to succeed in something is not selling out. I think that's actually fine, and I would encourage that all the time.” ThinkingWritingTryingSongFineSucceedPopsSellingPop SongBlockbusterSelling Out Author:Adam Levine
“There's a whole range of sources of inspiration for the drawings and stories. They come from dreams, hallucinations, pop songs, or other things I see in the world around me.” WorldWholeStoriesDreamInspirationSongSourcePopsDrawingRangeHallucinationsPop SongSource Of Inspiration Author:Ryan McGinness
“There needs to be structures in place to do something about misrepresentation about hip hop. When awards are given out and the media talk about hip hop, they're confused because they haven't done their homework on it so you have a case where there's an award for the most pop song in the world and it's called 'hip hop'.” WorldNeedsDoneSongGivenCasesMediaHavensStructureHip HopPopsHipsConfusedHopsAwardsHomeworkPop SongMisrepresentation Author:Nas
“I feel like a lot of people look at pop music with a very formulaic perspective in numbers and patterns, but an outsider would think that the process is very natural. It is, but there are a lot of times where people treat it like a sport - there are tricks you can pull, different combinations that make something better. I don't really think I approach it that way, but I definitely have a love for the science that is pop song writing.” PeopleThinkingWayFeelsWritingLooksDifferentSongSportsProcessNaturalNumbersPerspectiveApproachTreatsPatternsPopsTricksCombinationOutsidersSomething BetterPop MusicPop Song Author:Halsey
“It's really hard to fit a complex idea into a 3-minute pop song. And when you're dealing with issues that you're passionate about, usually they have various levels. And within a poem, you can get around the issue of space, and in a song the same way, by simply leaving holes and alluding to what you're talking about.” WayIdeasHardSongSpaceLevelsTalkingIssuesMinutesFitComplexesLeavingPassionateVariousPopsHolesPop Song Author:Jon Foreman
“I love a good pop song. I have no problem with the concept of doing that sort of thing. For me, it's usually what I'm inspired by, what I'm thinking about.” ThinkingProblemSongConceptsInspiredPopsNo ProblemPop Song Author:Jon Foreman