El-P Quotes

I'm not a big radio guy, I don't listen to whatever is the hip new thing.

I'm a big Rick Ross fan, and I think everybody knows I'm a big Kanye fan.

If we play to first time Blink 182 listeners, it's good they are listening to us and not the Backstreet Boys. Old Fans or new fans, it's all the same to us.

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

I just don't get that new hot music. I don't know anything about all these groups like U2.

When the band begins to get a name for themselves, and the writers get assigned to bands, they'll hit somebody who just doesn't like that kind of music, or they love hip hop but hate guitar rock.

'Free Fallin' is a very good song. Maybe it would be one of my favorites if it hadn't become this huge anthem. But I'm grateful that people like it.

DJs and people in the street know what they like.

There are a lot of bands that have a huge appeal, but I don't understand why. Guns n' Roses. U2. But you know, that's just my thing. Music is pretty personal.

I have total respect for anyone who discovers a band like Snow Patrol. I would be hopeless at signing a rock band, or anything alternative, cause I don't know what that audience are into and I don't particularly like that kind of music.

I love Lady Gaga and I love Katy Perry and R&B and rap music... I love big, American pop music.

Nothing wrong with pop!

I have a borderline-embarrassing obsession with pop music.

Hit songs are mysterious and slippery beasts; few artists have a lock on them. This means that many people, like me, have become fans of songs rather than fans of artists.

I listen to old jazz and classical music, and that's it.

I really like Nicki Minaj. I think she's great.

I love the sounds of Latin jazz, R&B, hip-hop, alternative, all that stuff. I'm a radio kid.

I'm not really into rap.

'Paper Planes' by M.I.A. is very catchy. I like that, but I listen to everything from rap to Lenny Kravitz to Coldplay, depending on my mood. And my favorite song of all time is 'Always and Forever' by Heatwave.

I'm a real music fan, so I listen to all kinds of music all the time. I listen to a lot of what my friends or people I know are listening to. I'm always checking out new bands.

I love Lady Antebellum and Miranda Lambert - they write from the heart. But it's hard to find a country music lover in L.A. None of my friends really listen to it, and they hate getting in the car with me because I just blast Taylor Swift.

I only know the lyrics to songs that I listened to between the ages of 11 and 15.

And I said, 'Why not? It's the truth! Why can't I say I'm a Beatles fan?' I used to get criticized for that.

I don't recall being excited about a new rapper, ever.

For the record, I Iike Jay-Z. That's my opinion.