Ann Wilson Quotes

My favorite music is '80s music which drives people around me crazy. I really love it.

I miss the 80's as well, it was a truly great decade for music.

I love '80s and '90s music.

You know the 80s music is something that no one wants to admit liking, but once then start playing everyone is into it.

I'm a big fan of '80s music, for lack of a better word.

The 1980s were all about synths for me, and it never went away after that.

The '80s definitely influence my music in a big way.

I'm a huge fan of Eighties music.

I love the folk-rock of the Seventies and the pop of the Eighties.

I have the utmost respect for synthesizers - Soft Cell, early Depeche Mode. But that's become a cliche for the '80s.

I grew up in the eighties; that's probably why I like some of the earlier electronic from Kraftwerk to all throughout new wave and things like that.

I love nostalgic pop music. The '80s especially, to me, is the greatest era of songs. I just love the '80s so much.

I love '80s beats; everyone does.

Well, what I love about '80s rock music is the amazing, fantastic melodies.

I grew up with 'best-of' cassettes. My first Smiths record was 'Hatful Of Hollow,' and I had hits albums by Elton John and The Cars.

People would be surprised at how much of an electronic dude I am, and I like new wave, post-punk and proto-punk stuff.

I wanted to make the kind of records that I heard in the discos that I danced in at that time. Funky, electronic sounds, while the musicians in the band were more rock oriented. This I suppose created the sound we know as Frankie Goes To Hollywood.

I do love dance music. I love Daft Punk. I mean, I was a child in the '80s, so bands like the Eurythmics and just so many great '80s bands were dance bands, but they had the whole soul thing happening, too.

I consider my music to be Progressive Synth Pop, which says nothing about what it sounds like, but does describe my basic approach.

Absolute 80's is three hours of mainstream 80's music. I also do New Wave Nation that is more cutting edge. It is more punk stuff from the 70's to the 90's.

'Movement' sounded like Joy Division, but 'Power, Corruption & Lies' is the first New Order record.

I love Sylvan Esso. I want to bring in more electronic elements, but also some analogue stuff. Stuff like '70s drum machines really fascinates me.

Short-sighted music fans might scoff at the revivalism of, say, Ariel Pink, but plenty of acts have built healthy careers around the art of bringing back the past.

I didn't really like the '80s, to be honest with you. There was some good music that came out, but it went a bit disco for me.

I really loved the hardcore alternative vibe Prince had on 'Dirty Mind.'