Popular Music Quotes - Page 5

• Youth has many glories, but judgement is not one of them, and no amount of electronic amplification can turn a belch into an aria.

  Alan Jay Lerner

  Judgement, Amplification, Youth

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• Keith Richards is the only man who can make the Osbournes look Amish.

  Robin Williams

  Men, Looks, Keith

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• Commercial music, for the most part, is popular music and you always have to keep that in mind.

  Babyface

  Commercial Music, Mind

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• I think certain people would be moved to be nostalgic about America's glory days, when the music set the tone for the cultural conversation and popular musicians had this absurd level of authority.

  David Longstreth

  Thinking, America, People

  "Dirty Projectors". Interview with Brandon Stosuy, pitchfork.com. July 2, 2012.

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• Advice to rock gods: drugwise, stick to Ibuprofen, decaf lattes, and pale Pilsners ... If your stomach is not a flat slab, please leave your shirt on while performing ... If your girlfriend asks you to choose between her and your music, sell your instruments immediately - especially if you're a drummer ... Finally, go easy on the supermodels, don't forget to tune, and remember: a tiny bit of dry ice and lasers goes a long way. Ditto with tattoos.

  Ian Shoales

  Tattoo, Girlfriend, Rocks

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• I play popular songs. This is not some obscure, unusual music. This is popular music.

  Frank Fairfield

  Song, Play, Obscure

  "Missed Opportunities". Pitchfork Interview, pitchfork.com.

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• Popular music had never had lyrical sophistication of this type [like Bob Dylan]; wit, to be sure, but "Darkness at the break of noon/Shadows even the silver spoon/The handmade blade, the child's balloon/Eclipses both the sun and moon/To understand you know too soon/ There is no sense in trying"? No.

  Bob Dylan

  Children, Moon, Darkness

  Source: www.thedailybeast.com

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