Noel Gallagher Quotes

Late 20th century music was a really important thing. It changed the world, and I'm part of that, and now I'm part of the museum that celebrates that.

I think the most exciting thing is that you expect people our age to know the music, but actually a lot of kids know the music, and if anything is left, we have left really good music, and that's the important part, not the mop-tops or whatever.

Dance music has pushed its way into the mainstream. Which is good for me.

No, I don't think rock 'n' roll will ever fade.

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

There's always people saying that rock is dead, rock is over. People are always out to kill rock and roll.

What I like about pop music, and why I'm still attracted to it, is that in the end it becomes our folk music.

Superficial pop will always exist - there've always been Fabians - but when people like Dire Straits and Bruce Hornsby start having hits, it suggests that there's a revolution going on in music.

Dick Clark's 'American Bandstand' spread the gospel of American pop music and teenage style that transcended the regional boundaries of our country and united a youth culture that eventually spread its message throughout the entire world.

Old music is the same as new music - it's just a different way of delivering it.

I don't think country music needs saving from anything.

They say the music you listen to in your formative years stays with you and leaves an impression for the rest of your life. For me, the things that I fell in love with happened in the '70s, when artists were nurtured by record companies and it wasn't about singles.

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

The whole world has changed much since the '80's. In the united States, rap music and country music dominate radio and that certainly wasn't the case in the early '80's.

Pop music has always been about the mainstream and what appeals to the public.

You can still make music that people love, but there won't be more innovation. I started listening to electronic music a long time ago. But mostly I listen to rap. I think rap is the most interesting.

We'll be presenting a broad spectrum of the music and looking at how the younger guys can carry it on.

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

I love the history of popular music. I love to know what people are listening to, even if I don't like it.

The music is going to die if you don't tap into something that people today can relate to.

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

Lennon was right. And we are bigger than Jesus. We will be as big as the Beatles, if not bigger.

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

Music never dies. Do we really need another Madonna tour? Does she have to compete with women performers 25 years her junior?

Music, in the past few years... anything singable or understandable is square.