Brandon Flowers Quotes

The pop world has really opened its doors.

There hasn't been anything real since grunge. That was the last movement led by music or an art form.

Watch MTV and you can see what the music scene is like in England. The Spice Girls? Not a lot of creativity in the commercial area. There are still great musicians in England, but not a lot being heard that much.

No, I'm sure that there's a lot of L.A. bands out there.

I think Perry Ferrell put independent music on a very good path with Lollapalooza.

I like bands that don't necessarily sell the most records.

Not everybody in the country-music community is like me - I just happen to be one of the guys that is stereotypical.

In the early '90s, it was grunge; everybody was fully clothed. Alanis Morissette was one of the biggest artists in the world, never wore makeup, wearing Doc Marten boots, and then the Spice Girls turn up, and suddenly it all looks a bit burlesque; suddenly they're the biggest band in the world.

People misinterpret my emotions towards Nirvana because I've said things about how something happened with grunge that took a little bit of fun out of things. It's no offense to Nirvana; they were one of the greats, obviously. But something died there, too, and we haven't quite gotten the groove back.

I don't see that there are any particular changes in popular music.

The focus is on singer/songwriters now rather than huge shows. I mean, of course there's always a place for that too.

The commercialization of dubstep isn't something I'm part of.

Metal is still the biggest music now in America.

The stores and the things like that, the business side of things came out at the point when, I'd say probably in the early '70s, it looked like the year of the singer-songwriter was over, 'cause music changed in our time and the spotlight was out.

Since the early Nineties it's been very fashionable to say, 'It's all about the music.'

Today, you're either very big or you're playing stadiums or you're not playing anymore. You're either popular where everybody will go to a 20,000 seat arena to see you or they won't go to see you at all.

I was born at the beginning of rock and roll. I got to experience the entire evolution of popular rock and roll music even before it started.

Rock became an incredible commercial success, people just became bored with serious music, and it was forgotten.

Independent artists and labels have always been the trend setters in music and the music business.

I think the singer/songwriter genre is going to be like bluegrass and jazz. You can make a living at it, but it's not part of the musical mainstream anymore.

I'm a big fan of certain new acts. I love any genre of music, and I think it's really great to see that there are new artists coming through. It's kinda funny to think that I'm like the old man on campus now. But I'm really happy for groups like One Direction. I think they're really good guys.

The alternative scene, for a couple years now, has been taken seriously and that's a cool thing. I don't think it's exploded or anything, but I think it's pretty cool that it still exists, it's still affecting people.

When I was in Pulp, I actively did more TV stuff because that was during the Great Britpop Wars, and it seemed important to prove that indie people could speak. That war doesn't exist anymore.

Dance music has pushed its way into the mainstream. Which is good for me.

I have never felt in tune with the whole rock industry.