Al Madrigal Quotes

There are many songs that have become popular and people sing along with it without knowing the meaning of its lyrics.

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

I was a big music fan, but I never bought a bunch of records or was very educated, I guess, on who was who or what was what.

I think celebrity culture and sexuality in pop music is really important, but I want there to be an alternative for people.

I'm not the best at choosing what's good and what's bad. I wouldn't even know what's a good pop song and what's a bad one. With that said, I wanted to say what's true to me. Some people might say that the Skrillex record was pop, but that was just about the chemistry between me and my boy.

I'm going to try and make you take the Beatles and Eric Clapton as seriously as the Berlin Philharmonic and Simon Rattle.

Some of the songs on the radio are really outrageous. I listen to the lyric. If the lyric doesn't make sense, I don't like the song.

Contextualize the music. I really hope to do more of that.

My kids listen to rap, so I try to keep up with as much as I can.

I don't deny that I study everything. Stuff from the 70s, 80s, 90s, current I watch it all.

I can answer anything about any American pop culture song ever.

I have this massive love for the whole culture of pop music. It's my fascination, my ongoing passion.

People need to put my music in a perspective where they use other established artists from the past, and almost all the names I see related to my music are great musicians.

And music was a very important part of our lives. The radio was on all day.

I think music needs to be presented in a way so that kids can grasp songs, dances, simple music that's associated with some particular defining moment in human experience.

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

I only know the lyrics to songs that I listened to between the ages of 11 and 15.

I've never believed that pop music is escapist trash. There's always a darkness in it, even amidst great pop music.

I don't like music docs, usually. There's nothing to really say. What can you say about music? Normally, you can't say too much. There are a few really good ones, but the majorities are boring, I think.

It is better to make a piece of music than to perform one, better to perform one than to listen to one, better to listen to one than to misuse it as a means of distraction, entertainment, or acquisition of 'culture.'

My reading is always about musical biographies. I have an innate interest and passion for that.

I really was kind of like a musical nerd. I would watch VH1's 'Behind The Music.' That was heavy when I was a kid. I would sit up and want to watch that all day instead of going outside sometimes.

I look at WorldstarHipHop in the morning, Bossip, Global Grind, and everything in between, but it's all so quick, I don't even think about it. And I've never been a fan of lyrical or socially conscious rap music.

Popular music formed the soundtrack of my life.

Oh, stuff the critics. I don't care. Too many people are snooty about classical. Look, I wasn't brought up in a home where we listened to classical music. It was a singing teacher that thought it would be best for my voice. Then I moved into crossover. And if that makes the music accessible to more people, then great.