Ben Lovett Quotes

I think people were just starving for good material because they just weren't getting it on the radio.

I wasn't a big fan of Instagram at first. I felt it was watering down the way music is perceived 'cause it made things seem more normal.

There are so many artists, so many songs, so many producers, that it's hard to keep track of whose music is worthwhile.

Music changes every three months. There's always new artists coming out. There's always new sounds. There is always a new hit coming out. You gotta stay relevant as much as you can and feed your fans as much as you can.

There is a lot of music in the world that I love that does not always get the appropriate exposure.

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

People just want to have access to all of the world's music.

Music is always going to be only as sophisticated as the culture that consumes it.

I feel like I'm a product of this generation where everybody listens to charts with diverse music.

Super casual music listeners. That's most of the people in the world. And you have to understand, that's why Top 40 radio exists. It's not there for people who seek out music and who love music.

People's musical tastes are fickle, and music can be a fashion.

I am such a music fiend. I go after so many different types of music. I'm on iTunes constantly just buying new music!

Finally, I would like to remind record companies that they have a cultural responsibility to give the buying public great music. Milking a trend to death is not contributing to culture and is ultimately not profitable.

The iPod has taken away the whole platinum record sales prospect. Sincerity and specificity are going to be the hot commodities in music. Everybody can have anything that they want, so now it gets into what specifically you have to give.

One of the things I wonder is whether it's good that the whole free model makes a lot of people listen to more of your music. I'm wondering if it devalues it, it becomes disposable, because you can get it so easily.

At home, we don't listen to our music-we listen to other people's music. It keeps you attached to the show business world.

I'm one of those firm believers that good music will prevail.

Have you listened to the radio lately? Have you heard the canned, frozen and processed product being dished up to the world as American popular music today?

I'm very pro presenting the best music I can to the widest audience possible.

Country music is still your grandpa's music, but it's also your daughter's music. It's getting bigger and better all the time and I'm glad to be a part of it.

I've lost touch with a lot of that boutique-type music just because of my age, and raising my son and the multiple jobs I have at this point.

I think the pop chart today is entirely market-driven. And it has nothing to do with public taste. And it has nothing to do with moving music forward. It's simply a market chart.

Music is always occurring. It is just a matter of marketing, attention, and many other factors, that determines whether people will hear these songs or not.

A lot of my fans are people who have grown up and don't have as much time to listen to the radio, but still want to keep up with what's popular. A lot of shows don't talk to them anymore, but I do.

MTV definitely has the effect of narrowing the range of music that hits the mainstream. On the other hand, isn't that the effect of television in general?