Olly Murs Quotes

When you release a single like 'My Friends Over You,' people just think you have one kind of song.

On 'Idol,' you have to show off your vocal abilities, so I stuck to the ballads, so I'm glad my first single is 'Tonight' so I can show off my fun, young side, and what I want to do as an artist.

I hear a really good pop song every now and then. 'ROAR' by Katy Perry, I love that! 'Poker Face'... Oh! What a song! And 'Rolling in the Deep'... Oh!

I think 'All Out of Love' is my favorite song because it's been the most successful. It's been in about 30 movies, it's been a number one record, and it keeps getting played on the radio, it's always somewhere.

Even though I'm known as a pop musician, I have a seriousness about what I do.

The Katy Perry stuff, those are great songs.

Creating a decent pop song is a challenge - and occasionally, once in every decade - it's kind of fun to do that.

Miley Cyrus' 'Party in the USA' kills me with jealousy. The melodies are out-of-control beautiful.

I don't know if I want her to sing it with us, but I'm curious to what type of song Taylor Swift would write for us. I'm curious to see what kind of pen she would write for TLC. Or like an Adam Levine. Somebody like that. They're phenomenal writers.

I would totally do a Madonna or Lady Gaga video.

The things that are going to be in all my records, for as long as I'm making them, are going to go back to who I am and where I'm from and the lifestyle that I live and come from - and I don't know how I could ever get any of that close enough to pop to be considered a pop act.

I know when I've written a good song when I can imagine the video. If I can't imagine the video straight away, I'm not gonna put it on my album.

Ailee, to me, is just such a talented, powerful voice. She's sexy; she's beautiful. I'm a huge fan. I like her a lot. I really hope she keeps going at it. I really like her song 'I Will Show You.' To me, she has that Beyonce vibe.

We are not a boy band in the traditional sense. We don't dance or have synchronized moves. We are a pop-rock band.

The second single from 'Purpose,' Justin Bieber's fourth studio album, 'Sorry' is an infectious confection - a Dorito for your ears.

I don't think I could make a pop album.

A lot of the inspiration for my album 'Rules' was the cheekiness of Aqua.

You know what's a great song that will be stuck in your head if I say it? 'Single Ladies,' by Beyonce. Killer song.

If 'Emotions in Motion' comes out right, I can write the book on the formula rock star.

I always felt like I could combine good pop songs that are easy for people to like with a real person and a real mind and integrity.

I got to meet Rachel Platten, who sings 'Fight Song,' I love that song.

Rebecca Black 'Friday' song is the best song ever! Don't you agree!

I think every one of our songs could be a Top 10 record.

When I first heard Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way,' I looked out the window for the car alarm going off.

Yes, I wrote songs. I was becoming kind of an Enrique Iglesias kind of a singer, with those ballads and cheesy romantic things.