Passenger Quotes

I'm somebody who doesn't believe in conforming to maybe whatever is on the radio.

I found a certain kind of music congenial to me; it never occurred to me to write music that was academically acceptable.

I'm drawn to things that aren't particularly popular at the time. I don't know why.

Either you live by the barometer of the music critics, or you live by your own. I choose the latter.

I do understand that not everyone is going to sit and listen to an Enya album. When someone says it's not their cup of tea, it's not their kind of album, that's fine by me.

I love pop music, but I don't want to be Celine Dion.

I guess I'm a real fan of older music, and that's what shaped my taste and the way I sing.

I passionately hate the idea of being with it; I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.

I listen to a lot of stuff. I mean, I'm constantly switching up what I'm listening to.

I had girlfriends who really irritated me by their devotion to the Beatles. I didn't begrudge them their interest, and there were songs like 'Hey Jude' that I could appreciate. But they didn't seem to be essential to the kind of nourishment that I craved.

I love pop music. I've tried to always be honest about that.

For me, university was a bit of a rebellious streak. I love teachers but I'm inherently a bit of an anarchist and don't trust you because you're my teacher. Somewhere around my second or third year, I realized as an artist that it's up to us to choose our path, and there's nothing wrong with being given many different tools to put in your tool bag.

I don't ever really feel guilty about music, quite frankly. When you're younger, you think that anything you don't like, you have to hate. I'm so far beyond that perspective. Although, I will say I resent Bruno Mars for making me like him as much as I do. I wish that he wasn't so likeable.

I just don't believe in the old definition that a fan of music is: I find a band, I listen to all of it and I pretend to like stuff that I don't like. Now if I don't like it, I just go, 'I don't like this.' It's way fairer.

I like movies and radios and Bruce Springsteen and New Jersey. That's what I like, and if people don't like that, well, literally you can go on iTunes, and there's hundreds of other bands you can listen to.

The principles of punk-rock culture, of self-expression and DIY culture, that really spoke to me.

I want to stay away from trends and do what we want to do musically.

I can't rank anything. I mean, how could anyone possibly say what their favourite piece of music is? I don't have the ability or the desire to categorise things of that nature.

But I feel like I developed my own love for hip-hop and rap music by myself. Just growing up and hearing new things. As you grow up, you begin to listen to new music that this kid is listening to, then you begin to like your own music, and start discovering it yourself.

I have my own favorites; right now it's 'Simple Man,' but that changes from time to time.

Me, I like to go against the grain.

I've never been a mainstream kind of guy.

I've always been like a black hippie.

I find that I like what I like. I like a strong melody, I like an inventive structure and I have to like the singer's voice or I have no interest in it.

I like Das Racist, and so should you.