Anthony Fantano Quotes

The music that is played on the radio all the time or written about in magazines has nothing to do with musicianship.

The average music-lover hears only the production under prevailing conditions.

I guess I would definitely feel a bit of a void in what people are getting from music these days. And I think that the problem lies not so much on the listener. People kind of listen to what is presented to them, whether it be on the radio or at a local venue.

I hate to be general, but I rely on Andrew Keenan-Bolger for all things music. Every season, he releases a mixtape on his blog of the most incredible and current music. I download it instantly, and it gets me through the season and keeps me educated musically.

There's so much excellent new music around that I can't afford to buy it all and I haven't the time to review as much as I'd like. I can't remember a better time to be a musician or to listen to music!

I know it sounds really lame and hater-ish, but I think 2009 was maybe the worst year for music ever.

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

I'm a real music fan, so I listen to all kinds of music all the time. I listen to a lot of what my friends or people I know are listening to. I'm always checking out new bands.

The only thing that exists to me is commercial pop music.

I think there are people who really always have and always will care about the quality of music in general, about the sound of the music, things like that.

I've built my whole life around loving music. I'm a writer for 'Rolling Stone,' so I am constantly searching for new bands and soaking up new sounds.

Music is always going to be only as sophisticated as the culture that consumes it.

I just don't get that new hot music. I don't know anything about all these groups like U2.

Popular music has always had its really horrendous stuff.

Rock n' roll is dying because people became OK with Nickelback being the biggest band in the world.

I'm one of those firm believers that good music will prevail.

DJs play a big responsibility of what hip-hop is doing... At the end of the day, it's up to us to control and to own hip-hop. DJs need to challenge us rappers. They got so much power, they need to challenge us.

Dick Clark was a really great influence in my career; he helped me a lot with his whole organization, and they were awesome to me at all different points - but one thing that I really disagreed with him on was when he said that what I do, pop music, is a disposable art form.

I feel like B sides are always better, no matter whose record it is.

Music is the one part of the entertainment business where you can't fool anybody into buying a record.

I think we're in a very low point of music right now.

I've just tried for all of these years to find the best records, the best songs that I could find that fit me, and I've had great people to work with all these years.

With so much of music blurring the lines between ersatz and authenticity, at least the 'Rock Band' game is a tribute to rock rather than an affront.

The album 'Party Music' is a beautiful album, and people need to hear it.

I've been hearing what a lot of people been doing and what a lot of people been putting out musically, I've been listening.