Nita Strauss Quotes

Commercial music, for the most part, is popular music and you always have to keep that in mind.

Music changes every three months. There's always new artists coming out. There's always new sounds. There is always a new hit coming out. You gotta stay relevant as much as you can and feed your fans as much as you can.

The pop world has really opened its doors.

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.

A lot of times with artists from back in the day, they do a new album and they don't sell as much. People say they love them, and it doesn't always translate to new music.

Social media can sometimes influence the charts, but I think that only great music makes it to the top. The good songs make it.

Music changes so fast, and we're in a singles market.

Metal needs to be exposed to more people, so it's good for rock if there's bigger bands.

It really does help everyone when there are some big bands leading the charge.

I can count on one hand the number of instrumental hits there have been over the last ten years.

We've got great fans that rock and roll won't have, because you can have a one-hit record and country music used to, not so much anymore and you have a fan forever.

It really is, to see that this kind of music is still so popular.

I'm not a household word. The climate for original music is always a bit difficult.

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

There's more good music being made now than ever before.

It's such a cycle. You'll see a rapper drop a song, and next thing you know, he's gone.

But I also think it's up to the fan base to call in the radio stations and demand that the more mature artists be played as well.

I know that starting out as a young band, it's really easy to get lost with bands that sound the same or with the plethora of music that's out there.

There is a lot of music in the world that I love that does not always get the appropriate exposure.

Rock in the mainstream culture has lost a lot of its mojo.

There were a lot of times where there was a great deal of fodder recorded and played, because there was a market for it - just as there is today. And there were more bad bands than there were good bands - I think that should always be remembered.

Popular music has always had its really horrendous stuff.

When 5150 came out rock was king. Post Nirvana and Pearl Jam 1996 is a different story.

In England, rock music very rarely infiltrates the charts, but country music even less so.

If people stop being interested, it's because you haven't written a good enough album. Music will always be the most powerful thing. It doesn't matter what record labels or journalists say. It's the song.