Huey Lewis Quotes

I grew up in the era of the concept album. What I do now is pick up on singles, and they are their own complete stories; you don't necessarily have to hear the rest of the album because I don't think albums are created like that anymore. They get songs from all over the place.

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.

The moment artists can just do what they love to do then music will go right back to where it used to be. I mean back in the '60s and '70s and '80s, that's what it was.

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 am frozen musically somewhere around 2004.

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

I just change with the times. I really don't have a say in what's going on. Music was here before me.

I was born at the beginning of rock and roll. I got to experience the entire evolution of popular rock and roll music even before it started.

I think we're in a very low point of music right now.

Why would heavy metal ever go away?

There are so many soulful singers, even the ones coming from London, like Adele and Jessie J, who are just amazing. It feels like a really cool time to be making music now.

What I did in '06 with 'Port of Miami' was classic for that era, for that time frame, and in 2017, 'Rather You Than Me' will be the same.

I have no idea about the state of rap. I don't pay attention. I just listen to old music that I have.

As a producer putting up music, I wasn't dropping a project to do this much numbers or make this amount of money, I really just dropped a project for the streets and the culture of music.

I think the '70s was a much healthier period for music because people were more innovative and creative.

I think rock 'n' roll, in a way, has been dead for a long time.

England's a small nation, and the pop music industry is built on fashion.

Music industry is like fashion. Things keep coming, things keep going, trends keep changing.

It's such a changing industry, and I realize that it's become more digital- and singles-driven, but I still love listening to a full record. It's the artist's story captured in 12 or 15 songs.

I really consider myself fortunate to have been of age during the musical revolution that came in the form of the Beatles. People don't realize that previous to the Beatles, there really was no such thing as an album artist. People made singles. Then they would put a bunch of those singles together and call it an album. And that was it.

I have this massive love for the whole culture of pop music. It's my fascination, my ongoing passion.

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

The technology is good and it's bad. You know what you're dealing with out there musically, but my head stops at this electronic stuff. I don't quite know what I'm dealing with out there yet.

I think the hip hop world and the rock world still have a lot in common, but it certainly seems like things happen and break at a much faster pace in the hip hop world.

There's more good music being made now than ever before.