Marc Martel Quotes

You know, I listen to contemporary music all the time.

I love to listen to pop all the time! I like to be updated on the new hits; I think it's important for what we do. Among my favorites of all time is, of course, Madonna. But I also love Kylie, our little princess; Beyonce, Bruno Mars, and Justin Bieber. And I listen to Italian pop music like Tiziano Ferro.

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

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.

Pop music I have always loved best.

I enjoy music that is commercial.

The only 'Idol' music I've ever purchased is Phillip Phillips.

I was raised on pop music.

I love listening to pop radio.

My favorite artists are Kanye West, Jay Z, the Fugees, Lauryn Hill, Destiny's Child.

I've always listened to Top 40 music.

I'm personally looking for artists that are along the lines of today's pop stars. Whether it be a Rihanna or a Justin Bieber or a Kanye West or a Beyonce or a Lady Gaga, I'm looking for talent that's like that, that's what I love.

My friends are mostly familiar with music that plays on the mainstream radio.

I love pop music because you can really see what's currently happening in society.

I love Katy Perry and Lady GaGa. I think GaGa's pushing the envelope every day and I really like that.

I don't know any Beatles songs. My dad never listened to Elvis or Sting or Bowie. Any band name that's on a t-shirt, I probably won't know their music, like AC/DC or whatever. I don't know what that is. As a kid, I would sing along to artists like Tania Maria.

Pop music will never be low brow.

In the 1970s, for all the Stevie Wonders, I'm sure there were five artists that were making forgettable music.

Before 'American Idol' and all this stuff, I was obsessed with music charts, and I used to go online to find out what was popular in other countries. I'd log on to the BBC website, and that's how I found out about artists like Natasha Bedingfield, Daniel Bedingfield and Take That.

For my group of friends is Lady Gaga eye-opening? No. She's a less dangerous version of what was so cool about pop culture in the '80s. Back then it was so gay and so punk in so many ways.

I think pop music is a great place to get new ideas across.

Back then, as a kid, you made a choice of who you liked, and it was either us or 'Take That.' And if you liked 'East 17', it showed you knew what was going on, you were clued up, had better taste in music.

I love pop music. Who doesn't?

Where I come from it was really unheard of to be at a party and someone says, 'What kind of music do you make?', and you say, 'Pop music.' You may as well have 'I'm not cool' stamped on your forehead.

I like listening to Beyonce, and I like Jason Derulo. I love his new song 'Don't Wanna Go Home.'