Steve Forbert Quotes

It really is, to see that this kind of music is still so popular.

I have come to terms with the fact that it's called pop music - that's what I play, and that is what I write. I think it is a pretty broad category.

The music that is played on the radio all the time or written about in magazines has nothing to do with musicianship.

Music is for people. The word 'pop' is simply short for popular. It means that people like it. I'm just a normal jerk who happens to make music. As long as my brain and fingers work, I'm cool.

Dance music has pushed its way into the mainstream. Which is good for me.

I can count on one hand the number of instrumental hits there have been over the last ten years.

You can still make music that people love, but there won't be more innovation. I started listening to electronic music a long time ago. But mostly I listen to rap. I think rap is the most interesting.

I can spend the day without writing or reading, but I can't spend a day without listening to music.

I love the history of popular music. I love to know what people are listening to, even if I don't like it.

I've built my whole life around loving music. I'm a writer for 'Rolling Stone,' so I am constantly searching for new bands and soaking up new sounds.

I just don't get that new hot music. I don't know anything about all these groups like U2.

Popular music has always had its really horrendous stuff.

I don't see that there are any particular changes in popular music.

I hope I don't give music a bad name.

Have you listened to the radio lately? Have you heard the canned, frozen and processed product being dished up to the world as American popular music today?

There's enough music in the world. There are enough rock stars.

In 1955 music wasn't that important. Music was a kind of a special thing you went and did.

Future is gonna be remembered forever. Future just has so much quality music.

There are incredible musicians around the world.

I feel like music is always alive and well.

I think for music, it's global. You have a song, it sounds good, everybody likes it.

I made a good living for a teenager. And I had to learn all different kinds of music - jazz, swing, Motown, pop - and that inspired what kind of music I started to write.

They say the music you listen to in your formative years stays with you and leaves an impression for the rest of your life. For me, the things that I fell in love with happened in the '70s, when artists were nurtured by record companies and it wasn't about singles.

I think MTV put a huge dent in the songwriting craft.

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