Julia Restoin Roitfeld Quotes

Half the time I feel like I'm appealing to the downer freaks out there. We start to play one downer record after another until I begin to get down myself. Give me something from 1960 or something; let me get up again. The music of today is for downer freaks, and I'm an upper.

I love '80s music, but in the dressing room, it tends to be more lively!

I like old tunes when I'm driving. They're fun and uplifting. Billy Ocean, that kind of thing.

I do listen to Abba. And a lot of '80s and '90s pop music.

I'm just not into happy-clappy pop. Unless it's happy-clappy pop in a good way.

I always like Madonna; any Madonna song is good for me. Old school Janet Jackson is always good. I usually go old school. It's very rare that I pick a song from nowadays.

Instead of the Beatles and the Stones, my mum and dad were listening to Michael Jackson, Barry White.

I love '80s and '90s music.

Deep down inside, I'm a cheeseball and still listen to Bryan Adams and all that stuff.

After we got our first family car with a tape deck, my dad acquired exactly three cassette tapes: A 'Best of ABBA,' 'Private Heaven' by Sheena Easton, and the soundtrack to 'Xanadu.' I also unironically love 'Xanadu.'

I'm a big fan of '80s music, for lack of a better word.

I listen to terrible music when exercising. I mean, like, early Madonna, Boney M, the Fratellis, Shakira... I can't claim interesting musical taste.

I do sometimes like cheesy music like 'Africa' by Toto; naff songs and music.

I love the sound of '70s glam records. I love that snare sound. The recordings I like, it's all based on if the snare sounds good. The drums have to sound great.

My favorite music is '80s music which drives people around me crazy. I really love it.

I don't like to make fluffy little songs, but now I want to make some light songs.

That's the great thing about music. You can find some '60s pop record and feel completely invigorated by it, even though it's so old.

Any playlist without Prince is no friend of mine.

I'm a total hip-hop geek. That's my favorite kind of music to listen to while getting ready.

I listen to a lot of '80s stuff, like 'Owner of a Lonely Heart,' by the group Yes. And Mr. Mister's 'Broken Wings.'

I do love dance music. I love Daft Punk. I mean, I was a child in the '80s, so bands like the Eurythmics and just so many great '80s bands were dance bands, but they had the whole soul thing happening, too.

Skid Row would probably be my favorite Jersey band.

Rihanna is always on my playlist. I think she pumps you up and gets the day going. I also love - and I know this doesn't sound like a workout album - the Lumineers, lately, and Taylor Swift.

I have an unabashed adoration of cheesy pop music.

Old school Janet Jackson is always good. I usually go old school, it's very rare that I pick a song from nowadays.