Javed Ali Quotes

It seems like a lot of music today is so churned out and simple.

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!

Punjabis are the only people keeping non-film music alive in a big way.

The formats have changed so much, and even if you look at alternative music today, most of it isn't really that alternative. It's just good, strong, modern music.

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.

There were bars that began to have acoustic musicians play, it was 1970: Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne, America, The Eagles, all that kind of stuff was popular. It was very easy for me to just kind of move in and be noticed.

Most of today's music is done electronically.

I did not want to be somebody who lived off his reputation. I wanted to continue to be part of the modern music scene.

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.

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

Maybe some people have written us off, but I think the new music today has also invigorated us.

There are times when what's happening in rock is the best music in the world, and there are times when there is nothing worthwhile at all.

R&B is never going to be dead, it's just going to evolve.

I find so many songwriters today are missing an element... either the production is amazing but the songs aren't, or it's the other way around.

I wish the rock 'n' roll scene to be back in.

The academic area of new music or modern music festivals is not something which attracts me at all.

During the time that my recording career seemed to be in a slump a music called disco came on the scene and literally took over radio stations as well as having radio stations created to play it which sort of negated my music as well as that of some of my peers.

Rap music is the only vital form of music introduced since punk rock.

I feel I am a little unfit for the kind of music that is being made today. There is a big difference between what I sang earlier and what is being made now. I am not saying this music is bad, but there are too many beats.

If the artists would just keep hammering away - unify, stick together - then music will become the king again, which is what it should be.

In the late '70s, the conditions that bands had to endure were, shall we say, not as civilized as they are today. People were a lot more aggressive back then. So there was definitely a lot of suffering for your art. But I would argue that was a good thing. Generally, people make better music when they suffer.

I've realised that if it is to remain relevant, contemporary music needs to change.

What I do know is rock and roll and metal never goes away, ever. It took the back seat in America in the '90s. In Japan and South America, it was still really big. I never followed trends, so I don't know the exact function of them.

Bands in the Nineties seem to forget the entertainment aspect of rock music.