Brian Harvey Quotes

My favorite music isn't necessarily the songs that One Direction come out with. That doesn't mean to say I don't secretly really love some of our songs, which I do.

I love Lady Gaga and I love Katy Perry and R&B and rap music... I love big, American pop music.

People who like girl bands are really different from regular band fans.

I was a fan of One Direction when I was 16, but I was also a fan of Bring Me The Horizon and hardcore bands.

I wouldn't know any newer bands. We're past the pimple stage.

If we play to first time Blink 182 listeners, it's good they are listening to us and not the Backstreet Boys. Old Fans or new fans, it's all the same to us.

I just felt like I'd rather listen to even the worst metal song more than most current pop music.

The only thing that exists to me is commercial pop music.

I don't know any Beatles songs. My dad never listened to Elvis or Sting or Bowie. Any band name that's on a t-shirt, I probably won't know their music, like AC/DC or whatever. I don't know what that is. As a kid, I would sing along to artists like Tania Maria.

I don't know how many 78-year-olds are listening to 98 Degrees music.

When I come around people, I'm up to date on everything. I know all the new music that's coming out, all the stuff that ain't came out yet.

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.

The whole thing about rock music, pop music, is it's really for kids.

Where I come from it was really unheard of to be at a party and someone says, 'What kind of music do you make?', and you say, 'Pop music.' You may as well have 'I'm not cool' stamped on your forehead.

I like Beyonce's music - some of it, not all of it.

I'm not embarrassed by any of my music. I'll even own up to the old Backstreet Boys albums.

I get a thrill meeting kids who are into alternative music.

Anybody that doesn't like Cardi B a hater!

When I was growing up, I was surrounded by people that were listening to a lot of pop music.

Our audience isn't One Direction, Katy Perry, Rihanna fans.

Hit songs are mysterious and slippery beasts; few artists have a lock on them. This means that many people, like me, have become fans of songs rather than fans of artists.

I think youth will always be connected to the strongest music at the time because... I don't want to use the word 'tribal,' but there was this sort of familial affiliation that people would feel with the music they were listening to.

I think 'pop' can be a bit of a dirty word. People are very cool in Australia. They don't like to admit that they like pop. There are people who listen to Triple J and cool stuff like that, but commercial radio is massive, and if you look at the sales of the pop songs every week, people love pop music.

Pop music I have always loved best.

Young kids should be doing music that has shock value. They'll grow out of it.