Charli XCX Quotes

The pop world has really opened its doors.

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

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

Pop comes from the word 'popular,' which means that it could be anything that appeals to any group of people. When you talk about general masses, I think there's elements in every kind of music that can reach a broad audience.

Teen pop will never die as long as there are teens and popular music. It just takes a different head.

Superficial pop will always exist - there've always been Fabians - but when people like Dire Straits and Bruce Hornsby start having hits, it suggests that there's a revolution going on in music.

We've been gone five years and the best they could come up with was boy bands?

Pop is in a shocking state at the moment.

Nowadays, people have an open mind vis-a-vis new artists like Meghan Trainor, Nico & Vinz, Hozier - there are hits coming out of everywhere.

What did happen to rock music? I think there was a hip-hop takeover.

The whole world has changed much since the '80's. In the united States, rap music and country music dominate radio and that certainly wasn't the case in the early '80's.

Rock in the mainstream culture has lost a lot of its mojo.

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

People's musical tastes are fickle, and music can be a fashion.

Dick Clark's 'American Bandstand' spread the gospel of American pop music and teenage style that transcended the regional boundaries of our country and united a youth culture that eventually spread its message throughout the entire world.

Pop music has progressed.

If you're in pop music, you've got to deal with the changing of the guard every few years. By the time the '70s arrived, I was well aware of the cyclical nature of the game. Pop music is a creature of the moment; it thrives on the mood of its time. Either you hook into that or you're not going to be part of it.

Rock became an incredible commercial success, people just became bored with serious music, and it was forgotten.

I'm a big fan of certain new acts. I love any genre of music, and I think it's really great to see that there are new artists coming through. It's kinda funny to think that I'm like the old man on campus now. But I'm really happy for groups like One Direction. I think they're really good guys.

You could split hairs and bring up words like 'doo-wop' and terms like 'soul' or 'R&B', but I think pop music is what you want it to be - that's why it's pop.

I don't like a lot of pop music. But I like the idea of pop music.

MTV ruined music for us.

Well, rock used to be the only game in town in terms of radio and what the kids listen to. Now I think there was a big hip-hop takeover, and pop music, it became mechanical and computer-y.

There's never going to be a new Beatles because we don't consume things in that way anymore.

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