Sonny Rollins Quotes

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

It really is, to see that this kind of music is still so popular.

They say women and music should never be dated.

You can still make music that people love, but there won't be more innovation. I started listening to electronic music a long time ago. But mostly I listen to rap. I think rap is the most interesting.

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

I don't mind what the market is, but why is it vapid? If they're such a bunch of idiots, why don't you show them good music instead? They're not going to know the difference.

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

Popular music has always had its really horrendous stuff.

I always go for 'SPIN' magazine because I'm such a music buff.

I hope I don't give music a bad name.

Teen pop will never die as long as there are teens and popular music. It just takes a different head.

Since the early Nineties it's been very fashionable to say, 'It's all about the music.'

I wasn't making music consciously when I was younger. I was a musician, but that has its own stigmas. Anywhere on the planet, it's one of the more undervalued positions.

And the music, as far as a type of music, it's still pretty viable.

It's VH1, it's everywhere, and you know music is just the world right now. People love music.

I preferred MTV as it used to be when it was about the music - I don't like it that now they just have reality shows. Reality TV rots people's brains.

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.

I'm a big fan of certain new acts. I love any genre of music, and I think it's really great to see that there are new artists coming through. It's kinda funny to think that I'm like the old man on campus now. But I'm really happy for groups like One Direction. I think they're really good guys.

I think we're in a very low point of music right now.

In 1955 music wasn't that important. Music was a kind of a special thing you went and did.

Dance music has pushed its way into the mainstream. Which is good for me.

I don't like a lot of pop music. But I like the idea of pop music.

I wanted to talk about how stupid music is. I wanted to talk about how awesome music is, and how depressing it is, and why we all make music if it doesn't last forever.

Future is gonna be remembered forever. Future just has so much quality music.

They say the music you listen to in your formative years stays with you and leaves an impression for the rest of your life. For me, the things that I fell in love with happened in the '70s, when artists were nurtured by record companies and it wasn't about singles.