Rob Sheffield Quotes

If the song makes it and people like it, then I guess that's all that matters, really.

When I think of a hit, I think of Madonna.

I've always wanted to write pop music. I never wanted to be cool or make a hipster record.

Camila Cabello, she's great.

I'm not embarrassed that I'm a fan of Justin Bieber.

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

MTV ruined music for us.

Drake makes some dope songs.

I started off making music that made fun of pop; now I'm nominated for helping produce pop songs that aim to be as honest as possible.

I grew up loving Pee-wee Herman. I was obsessed. I was the kid at school who everyone knew was obsessed with Pee-Wee.

A lot of people do records, and they get hit records, but we were blessed with a lot of monsters. 'Oh Carolina' was a very monstrous record in 1993; so was 'Boombastic,' 'Angel' and 'It Wasn't Me.'

The XCX really stands for 'kiss Charli kiss,' which is unbelievably crap.

I don't want to be the cranky old guy, but a lot of critics are too forgiving of mediocre artists. When you see these 'American Idol' people on the cover of 'Rolling Stone' being written about as serious artists, there's something wrong with that. You can erase them from the history of rock n' roll, and you wouldn't notice.

I never wanted to be a pop singer, but I always watched pop programs and knew I could do better than the people I was seeing.

BTS as a group sort of took off with the success of our 2015 album that had our hit single 'I Need U.'

'Bitter Sweet Symphony' is one of the greatest pieces of modern art created by anyone. I'm not blowing my own trumpet here.

The special thing about 'Star Wars' is you can come to it and become a fan at any age. It's such an interesting franchise. I wasn't lucky enough to see it as a young kid, and I didn't have any older siblings that loved it and made me want to watch it, too.

A 'Guardians' sequel and a 'Gilmore Girls' reboot right at the same time was really awesome.

We're really, like, big fans of Destiny's Child.

There obviously are a hell of a lot of people that love Lady Gaga. But to me, she's been the theatre of the absurd. And the more absurd it is, the bigger she got.

The Internet has essentially democratized the music industry in terms of what is popular and it's democratized the music journalism industry as well.

Belushi was one of my very first heroes. At a time when film, television, and music were undergoing tectonic shifts within American culture, he was at the center of it all. At that moment, he had the number one show on television, the number one film at the box office, and the number one record on the charts.

One thing I loved when I was growing up, you maybe saw one review from a magazine like 'Rolling Stone,' but now there are 150 reviews before an album even comes out. There are so many opinions out there, but the only one that really matters is your own.

I have a borderline-embarrassing obsession with pop music.

Are the Simpsons cool? They are, and that is crude 2D animation.