Sonny Rollins Quotes

On the radio I listen to the easy-listening stations, the jazz stations.

I listen to Radio 4 and put the iPod on shuffle. I like the randomness of, say, the Stones, then something from Nina Simone, Nick Drake or Bob Dylan.

I listen to all those kinds of music, from classic soul to hip-hop to Brazilian music to, you know, jazz to indie to alternative. So whatever. I listen to all if it. Classic rock and classic pop, all of that.

With Australian audiences, there's a certain level of education - as far as how much access and exposure they have to music from various genres. So when you do 'Big Day Out' and there are all these different musical acts, you see the same people in your crowd that were there for a completely different artist.

Pop comes from the word 'popular,' which means that it could be anything that appeals to any group of people. When you talk about general masses, I think there's elements in every kind of music that can reach a broad audience.

I like to make music, I like rap music. Even if I'm white, I support that music. If I want to support it or any other white kid wants to support it more power to them.

What worries me are these so-called radio stations with program directors who don't play all the different flavors of hip-hop. They should play the old with the new, 24/7, 365 days a year. A lot of these program directors are just jiving around and not playing all the good music for the people.

As much as I am hip-hop, I'm soul. As much as I am soul, I'm a turntablist. As much as I'm a DJ, I love jazz and rock.

Every town in America had at least one, two, or maybe three radio stations that played rock 24 hours a day. In England, we had a rock specialist on for two hours a week.

I'm not saying that what the radio plays isn't good. My issue is with what they don't play. You can play Jay-Z, but why don't you play Jurassic 5? You can play Nas and Nelly, but why don't you play J-Live? I want to open up the door to how it was back in the day.

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'm such a lover of music that it would be very hard for me to pinpoint it to a particular artist.

I have a very varied taste in music. Everything from rap to classical to Latino to Rat Pack to jazz.

We've been waiting for a format like triple-A where you can hear Crowded House, Joni Mitchell and R.E.M.

Country music is important to me, and I love it, but it's not my whole life.

I see my fans as music lovers. I really love that. There's no age group or demographic. It's people of all ages and backgrounds. Country people and non-country people. I wanted to make music across the board.

I don't only like rap music. There's everything from R&B to crazy gangster rap, hip hop... everything! But it all blends together nicely. It's like a magical music rainbow.

If there is enough space on radio for Busted and McFly, who are basically the same band, or for 50,000 versions of Stereophonics and Coldplay, there must be enough room for all of us.

I hosted Soul train but I listen to everything.

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

I am a music freak. My tastes run the gamut from Willie Nelson to Metallica to Miles Davis.

Don't listen to much country music, you know, but I know a little bit though. My sister listens to a little bit of country.

I just like a good song, it doesn't matter. I mean, I am into girl groups and stuff like that. I listen to anything.

One reason I rarely listen to radio is they don't play our music much.

Most radio stations suck as far as playing heavy-metal.