Dizzee Rascal Quotes

Taylor's first four albums have been certified platinum a combined 21 times, but despite her unprecedented success in country music, '1989' is strictly pop.

All the rappers in rave music are like the sloppy seconds of rappers who couldn't make it.

I think the grime scene is one of the sickest, most diverse scenes ever.

I went from the most underground band in the world to signing with Madonna's producer and a record label that is extremely mainstream - it was interesting.

I was making grime before anyone else.

I know a lot of grime artists started off on pirate radio, but I missed that era; I was way too young.

We Can't Stop' - everyone said that it wasn't going to work on pop radio, because it didn't have an EDM-type beat. But it went to No. 2 on Billboard and No. 1 on iTunes.

Everybody's all up on the EDM bandwagon now, because it's, like, another viable conduit for traditional pop music to ride for a bit so they can get out of their little stagnant pool and make a dance hit.

Grime's always been big at festivals. Grime's always had an underground crew.

Our music is weird. It's not pop. I don't know why so many people buy our records.

People can't look down on grime anymore, it's an established British genre.

When you mention Bieber, Lorde, One Direction, I want to be on that list. But at the same time, when you say Lil Uzi Vert, I want my name to pop up, too. I'm kinda in between both. I wanna bring them together and exist.

I had always dreamed of starting off in pop radio and crossing into country. I used to sing country; that was my genre when I was a kid.

Being promoted as a bubble-gum type artist that has one hit and it's all over is not something I want to do. I want a long career. I want to continue to play guitar and have as much guitar in there as possible in a commercial song without being too indulgent.

I guess because we're essentially a two-man band, we're attracting Wham's crowd. But Wham! are more of a businessman's band.

There's a lot going on in country music, with indie-label hipsters and underground bloggers arguing their interpretations of what country is, and pop-country stars defending themselves. That deserves to be poked fun at.

At no time was I trying to write a crossover record.

All record companies want big-selling records, and my music is a little too raw for commercial success.

Every year, there's some band that plays guitar-oriented pop music that has a single, but for the most part, it's kind of relegated to the sidelines.

Doing the Best I Can' is a sure fire hit. Incredibly commercial. But what could you say about it? Catchy and good to dance to. But 'Nothing Rhymes' is different. A much bigger risk but it was lyrics people could talk about. So that was the one to launch me on.

I never set out to be a cult cool artist. I always made music that I thought was pop.

Die Antwoord is super pop. It's a pop music.

I don't want people to think that just because I do club records, I can't do an album record or an R&B single. I can do R&B, I do pop, I do whatever - but it's still Mustard.

It's great to bring urban music to the commercial scene.

I didn't set out to write pop hits.