Taylor Goldsmith Quotes

Pop music has always been about the mainstream and what appeals to the public.

The entertainment industry is vast and is a reflection of the society we live in.

Let's face it: pop music in its myriad permutations will always be sexually presumptuous, racially controversial and, frequently, politically charged.

I think pop music is a great place to get new ideas across.

The work I've done through my Common Culture Music series has enabled me not only to share my joy of music at scale but also promote the artists I love.

The best pop songs are the ones that show that person's personality. It's harder to do those singles because the stars, moon and sun have to align and the audience have to be ready, but it's worth waiting for it.

To me, it doesn't feel like it's just another rock record that somebody put out. It feels like we taped into the culture a little bit

A country is made not by policy alone, but by its music, its entertainment shows, all of it.

Music is always a reflection of what's going on in the hearts and minds of the culture.

I come from a time when pop music was the coin of the cultural realm and in a certain way was the only coin of the realm; movies didn't matter as much, and not TV - it was all about pop music. In the era when I started - which was the early '60s - it was all about singles leading to albums.

It's hard to make a cultural phenomenon every time.

Generally the whole entertainment business now is bland.

No surprise here: Pop music is by far the most conservative art form there is.

I think this whole division between the genres has more to do with marketing than anything else. It's terrible for the culture of music.

I'm gonna make music, and I'm gonna capture every aspect of being a human being. That's really all I'm trying to do. I think that artists and pop culture identities are used to simplify what it means to be a human and pigeon-hole people into looking up to one role model.

I'm in a really lucky position where people will be interested in whatever I do, but what I do is sing.

I don't want to be an art-house movie guy, where people who go to film school can discuss your work, but people who haven't studied cinema can't appreciate it. By the same token, I don't want to be the guy who's making this commercial pap that people lap up but that disappears the minute you leave the theater.

Film, therefore, is part of society, not distant from it, easy to experience for people regardless of class.

Today, music is great for entertainment, but it is lacking soul; it's lacking substance, and it's difficult to find good stuff. There are too many corporate interests. It's not about the actual music because it's about the corporation, and music just becomes part of a package.

Music and fashion are a sign of the times and a reflection of what people want and need at this very day and age.

Pop is a little bit theatrical. That's the whole vibe. That's the point - is that it's great music, great melodies, great hooks. But, on top of it, it's a presentation. There's a showmanship about it. And that's why I wanted to be a pop star.

Speaking out against rap music is useless, and it's futile. The reality is there's criticism for everything, but Jay-Z is one of the most remarkable artists of our time of any genre, and as a hip-hop artist he carries the weight of that art form with such splendor and grace and genius.

I've never really aspired to the spotlight; I just wanted to do music, which is kind of weird because music comes with that spotlight.

Sometimes I forget that I'm supposed to keep people entertained because I'm just making music for my lifestyle and for my people who live my lifestyle. We forget that there's a world waiting on us.

Pop music should be about young people.