Ian Gillan Quotes

If a hit came along, I wouldn't be unhappy about that. But I'm a bit too old for that now-doing videos and all those types of TV shows. I've kind of done all that, in the '70s.

I come from a time when pop music was the coin of the cultural realm and in a certain way was the only coin of the realm; movies didn't matter as much, and not TV - it was all about pop music. In the era when I started - which was the early '60s - it was all about singles leading to albums.

If you're a pop singer, you don't need to evolve. You just get a set together, have some hit songs and play them over and over.

Most people in the U.K. discovered me playing a standard on Parkinson. In America, it was on VH1 singing an original called 'All At Sea,' which is a contemporary pop song. So the people that know me there tend to think of me in the singer/songwriter category.

The recording industry has changed; they're enjoying such incredible success in the pop field.

MTV essentially killed 'American Bandstand' and 'Solid Gold,' because music videos are an easier way for pop artists to gain television exposure.

I love pop music. Who doesn't?

Women in music have always been associated with pop - with prettiness, theatricality, melodic hooks and dance beats.

It was a fun job but I'd never claim Busted was anything other than a pop band.

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.

I don't listen to the radio, so I don't really know what's going on in current pop culture. I know about the obvious things, like Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber and Ed Sheeran and Adele, because I hear them. They're everywhere.

Being a musician has actually surrounded and immersed me in pop culture and youth culture from a very young age. But even before I was singing in bands and creating any kind of art, I was always fascinated by pop culture.

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

In the West, Rihanna, Chris Brown, Justin Bieber are the face of their songs.

I'm a pop victim. I love pop music; I love pop culture. I love Olivia Newton-John.

I actually love Little Mix, and I think they're doing a great job.

A pop star's career lasts 18 months.

I grew up in the era of Britney Spears, where artists had songs written for them, and you got up and sang them. That's how I always thought it was.

I'm like the male Taylor Swift.

I was first introduced to Kiesza when I saw her perform 'Hideaway' on Jimmy Kimmel's show. It was the most incredible thing I've ever seen.

I naturally make commercial music: it's never been a calculated decision to make pop music. I'm a genuine pop music fan.

The Internet has changed how young people listen to music. Television programs like 'American Idol' changed how people listen to music. It was no longer the songwriters that we celebrated; it was the singers.

I'm a '90s kid, so I loved 'NSync and the Spice Girls.

Music has been taken over in this country by personalities and dominated by rock 'n' roll. There's been a synthesizer invasion and it's not going to go away.

I'll never take any credit for Lady Gaga or Katy Perry's success. But I knew within a month that Gaga was going to be huge.