Zara Larsson Quotes

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

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

I grew up singing ballads, but what I really wanted to get into was the mainstream music on the radio because I really love the beats and everything.

I love mainstream music.

Now chart music is a genre all of its own and it's slipped away from what I understand pop music as. It's pretty difficult to take; it clogs up the airwaves.

I'm personally looking for artists that are along the lines of today's pop stars. Whether it be a Rihanna or a Justin Bieber or a Kanye West or a Beyonce or a Lady Gaga, I'm looking for talent that's like that, that's what I love.

The music that is played on the radio all the time or written about in magazines has nothing to do with musicianship.

Pop music will never be low brow.

I don't think 'pop' should mean that you had no talent.

I also tried to avoid doing obvious dance records.

Metal is still the biggest music now in America.

I have come to terms with the fact that it's called pop music - that's what I play, and that is what I write. I think it is a pretty broad category.

I'm listening to a lot of Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, and Rihanna. A lot of pop female artists. I have to say I'm pretty well-versed in the pop female category.

Our records have always been diversified - a bit of R&B, pop, dance.

We're all big fans of pop music; this is definitely the direction we've always wanted to head in.

I've always listened to Top 40 music.

I naturally make commercial music: it's never been a calculated decision to make pop music. I'm a genuine pop music fan.

The thing I stress to my fans is that I've been making big, universally friendly-type music for a long time now. I never really made underground music.

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

What is pop music? It's not a genre. It's just the music that is popular at a given point in time.

I am a pop girl! And I'm on a major label. I enjoy singing pop songs.

Pop was initially ignored as a moneymaker by the recording industry. In the seventies they were still relying on Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett for their big hits. You know, most of the budget for the record companies in those days went to the classical department - and those were big budget albums.

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

I love Top 40 pop, don't get me wrong; I just don't think that there's anyone in Top 40 pop that's 'real.'

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