Solange Knowles Quotes

For me, I always have looked at 'indie' as a term of 'independence.' Never associated a sonic gesture with that in the same way that pop music has always meant 'popular' to me; you know, it didn't define a sound.

I am not a pop musician; I don't want to play bubble-gummy pop stuff.

I think, actually, that rock and roll is a misconception. It should no longer be a term for music.

Rock and roll is a misconception. It should no longer be a term for music.

What was punk all about? To me, it was if you really want to do something, go ahead and do it.

I wouldn't necessarily say she is a country artist. I mean, obviously Taylor Swift started in country, but she morphed into somewhat of a cultural icon, so, who am I to judge what she is?

When someone asks you, 'What's punk?' my reply is, 'If you have to ask, you're never going to know.'

As much as we were very proud of being a pop band, I know we never felt like we fit into that category.

PC Music is a really post-modern attempt at pop.

I like pop music. I consider rock 'n' roll to be a branch of pop music.

Grunge was, to me, the last big movement. It had such an impact on pop culture. We haven't really seen anything like that since, and we may never again. Things have changed; the digital age has changed things.

Tame Impala is kind of psych-pop.

Pop is everything from Kanye West to Taylor Swift, it's all pop to me.

My music isn't mainstream music.

Elvis Presley, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie and The Sex Pistols may come and go, but rebellion remains a key part of the rock n' roll experience. However, that rebellion - the outgrowth of a youthful search for independence and identity - doesn't always take the same form.

We're huge fans of Kylie Minogue, Grimes, and artists who are doing more electronic music.

I think that for a lot of us gay people, we do feel that pop is our music. We identify with it and its iconography, and that's been a tradition.

Bands like Little Mix do represent youth culture because loads of 16 year old girls listen to them.

Hey, I was one of those hip-hop kids who used to hate on things that would become popular.

I'm a '90s music kid.

Punk helped musical fringes get attention. Stuff like Nirvana could never have happened without it.

Pop just means popular - it can be any genre, and if it becomes popular, then it's pop music.

Our music is weird. It's not pop. I don't know why so many people buy our records.

Pop artists work really hard, and they might not work for the same things that indie artists do, but they're still musicians, and they're still making art.

I think there's something antagonistic about bedroom pop. We're reappropriating pop and saying you don't have to be an ex-Disney star to make pop music. You can be from Shepherd's Bush and have spent most of your life listening to the Smiths and still make a pop record.