Jake Shears Quotes

I admire pop songs that are perfect at three minutes.

And of course, pop music is all about memorability and simplicity and positive messages and a little dash of joy.

I'm a Rihanna, Beyonce kind of person.

The thing that I love about pop music is the simplicity and the directness of it.

I like when pop is still good music; that's what I like.

The easiest way I can describe what makes a pop song a pop song is that it's a song you want to hear over and over.

I do like pop music. It's that certain thing that it gives you: the adrenaline rush, that instant gratification.

Pop music for me was definitely escapist, but never studious.

I love my pop music.

I do like Britney Spears. I think she's cute. I think she's fun. And I like her records. You know, I'm not a pop snob whatsoever. I think she makes great pop records.

For me, a perfect pop song is something like 'This Year,' by the Mountain Goats.

I like Scissor Sisters.

I like all kinds of music artists like Akon. I even listen to Lady Gaga.

No one does cool, catchy pop music like Robyn, and 'Hang With Me' is a testament to that.

I like Katy Perry.

Britney Spears is one of my first idol.

Instead of the Beatles and the Stones, my mum and dad were listening to Michael Jackson, Barry White.

Well, I love Take That but l've always been partial to Robbie Williams' songs.

I'm not exclusively into R&B. I like Usher.

Ever since we started, we've been trying to give people music that is pop music where you could just get into the melody and get into the performance of the band and be quite satisfied.

I like Bruno Mars a lot. I think he's great.

I love '80s and '90s music.

My tastes have always been pretty cheesy. I like Def Leppard. At the same time, my tastes might be pretty universal. I don't know.

People who like girl bands are really different from regular band fans.

I've always listened to Top 40 music.