Carson Daly Quotes

I grew up on Michael Jackson, Pat Benetar, and Van Halen - all the things coming out of the television.

I loved Michael Jackson and Madonna. I styled my hair like Whitney Houston.

I think Lady Gaga is talented. Madonna is talented, and the flair that Michael Jackson had. He was talented! Whatever it is that they do, they must be doing something right. They do have an audience out there, so I respect that.

I was an MTV guy back in the day.

MTV is where it all started for me.

A part of 'Happy New Year' is inspired by western pop culture, the pop music videos of Michael Jackson, Madonna and Duran Duran in the '80s.

I love a good lyricist - always have. The thing that inspired me most was the different performers, like Tina Turner, James Brown, Michael Jackson, Madonna, even Janet Jackson.

I really like Nicki Minaj. I think she's great.

At one time, MTV was hip and suddenly it became outdated.

When I was younger and first started watching MTV I loved watching TRL. I loved watching my favorite singers/bands perform.

To me, my peers are Bruce Springsteen and Mick Jagger. I'm not talking age-wise, but in terms of careers. Madonna. Those are my peers. And I'm okay with that.

I grew up watching MTV, so it's very surreal to me to think that there might be someone out there watching MTV, looking at us the way I used to look at Davis Madonna and Duran Duran videos.

MTV didn't exist in 1980, but by 1982, it had gotten to be a force to be reckoned with.

Pop music has been all but relegated to the remainder bin at MTV and VH1, where high-maintenance concoctions such as Paris Hilton, Flavor Flav, and Hulk Hogan's biohazard clan of bleached specimens provide endless hours of death-hastening diversion.

People used to come home from school and plop down in front of the TV and religiously watch 'TRL.' It was a moment in time that I think a lot of people have a lot of fond memories of. It's a fun trip to take down memory lane because it was a great time for a lot of people, bands included.

I like to enjoy good music. I like Michael Jackson; I don't care who wrote the songs.

There are some seminal things that happened in the '70s for me: Billy Joel and Jackson 5.

MTV is known for their huge budget.

I'm obsessed with artists like Lady Gaga. I'm obsessed with artists like Lana Del Rey.

From Michael Jackson to Peggy Lee, I like it all.

I'm massively inspired by Janet Jackson, and I adore Whitney Houston and Madonna.

At the 'L.A. Times,' I always wanted to write about artists I thought were meaningful. So I interviewed Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Bruce Springsteen, U2, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Eminem, White Stripes. And I could understand how almost everybody I interviewed had a sense of artistry.

I grew up loving artists like the Spice Girls and Britney Spears - artists who seemed to live this fantasy lifestyle, and I remember always wanting to join these fantasy people in that world.

Never in my life have I met bigger rockstars than Sugar Ray.

When I was young I used to watch MTV, Nirvana, or Guns N' Roses.