Denny Laine Quotes

I wouldn't do a whole pop album. But I would do a musical.

I like music more balanced between the voice and the guitar and the percussion. I don't like heavy metal.

I cut all my early records in Nashville, so I guess that makes me country. I call it country pop, but my love of the blues is in there, too.

All of my solos are blues based. Even though a lot of my songs get into pop, I wind up going back to the blues. Trying to escape it is like trying to run from the devil.

I love polished pop music, but stuff like Neil Young's Crazy Horse vibe or Waylon Jennings, that stuff is raw and real.

Well, it'll always be disco/electro-pop. That's what I first wanted to do when I started out as a musician in 1977. It's only ever been dance-pop that I've wanted to do.

I made hardcore music and that came kind of easy - it was what I knew. But it was a challenge for me to make a big pop tune.

I don't think I could make a pop album.

Blues purists may hate what I do sometimes because it's a little dirtier.

A lot of the inspiration for my album 'Rules' was the cheekiness of Aqua.

Girls Aloud had a style of music, so you come together and work as a group.

I'm a rock/blues guitar player. I'm not wanting to be a pop star or anything.

I like a lot of older, '60s or '70s-style songwriting.

If I do something related to English music, it will be definitely in the direction of R&B and pop.

There's a very thin line between rock and funk. Funk is like a dirtier blues, and so is rock. They're close cousins.

I would describe my sound in the field of electro pop. A combination of deep yet simple lyrics coupled with easy beats.

I love blues, mellow rock 'n' roll.

We're doing unusual records that sound big, have a pop feel, and we're getting better at it.

Country music, like rock or blues, can move over into a lot of different areas.

Those that know me know that I'm not 100% in love with commercial pop music. It's not my preferred genre - I don't do squeaky clean pop.

I'm big fan of soulful music - classic rock with a folk-ish twist.

We Can't Stop' was the first song we did. We didn't try to reach and be too 'hood:' It's hip-hop-influenced, but Miley's a pop singer, and she's going to have country in there.

I sing and write a lot of pop, R&B.

When you label something a singer-songwriter record, you cover many genres.

I wanna do a song with Bruno Mars.