Bono Quotes

The pop world has really opened its doors.

The one thing the blues don't get is the backing and pushing of TV and radio like a lot of this garbage you hears. They choke stuff down people's throat so they got no choice but to listen to it.

MTV definitely has the effect of narrowing the range of music that hits the mainstream. On the other hand, isn't that the effect of television in general?

You still have Top 40 radio now, but it's 40 different stations. There aren't many hits that everybody knows, and there aren't many real superstars.

I think 'pop' can be a bit of a dirty word. People are very cool in Australia. They don't like to admit that they like pop. There are people who listen to Triple J and cool stuff like that, but commercial radio is massive, and if you look at the sales of the pop songs every week, people love pop music.

Well it's because the record companies are pumping away with their commercial stuff. I think it's a shame.

The only thing that exists to me is commercial pop music.

I don't know how many 78-year-olds are listening to 98 Degrees music.

There are plenty of bands who never get in the charts and it doesn't mean that they're not any good. Actually, a lot of the top ten is filled with stuff that just sounds the same. I could guess what's in there now - probably a bit of GaGa, Beyonce and some U.S. R&B males.

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.

Superficial pop will always exist - there've always been Fabians - but when people like Dire Straits and Bruce Hornsby start having hits, it suggests that there's a revolution going on in music.

To be truthful, Jay-Z wouldn't have a quarter of the records sold today if it wasn't for the white people buying his records.

Pop music, I think there's a reason why kids connect to it.

Rock became an incredible commercial success, people just became bored with serious music, and it was forgotten.

In the late '90s, R&B was dominant in the radio, and the white kids were taking it mainstream.

Instrumental music is increasingly marginalized and there's just no outlet, there's no venue for it, in terms of media.

No doubt about it, country is a much more family-friendly business than pop.

I love pop music, and I love when music is accessible.

My audience has lots of people between 20 and 35, but there are always a few 60-year-olds, and it makes me happier than if everyone was 22.

I'm trying to break down preconceptions about what pop music is.

Anyone of any age or background who loved pop music liked our songs.

I feel like more artists like me should be on the radio. Everything is, like, so controlled by, like, super popular music. You know what I'm saying? Like, c'mon.

Justin Tranter is an incredible queer voice in pop music and he's writing for Justin Bieber: it's genius.

Well, rock used to be the only game in town in terms of radio and what the kids listen to. Now I think there was a big hip-hop takeover, and pop music, it became mechanical and computer-y.

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