#popular music

The imminent demise of the large record companies as gatekeepers of the world's popular music is a good thing, for the most part. ↗

— David Byrne

#companies #demise #gatekeepers #good #good thing

We were playing popular music, but we were doing our own arrangements because we were too lazy to sit down and figure out the originals. ↗

— Tommy Shaw

#because #doing #down #figure #lazy

Commercial music, for the most part, is popular music and you always have to keep that in mind. ↗

— Kenneth Edmonds

#commercial #keep #mind #most #music

If you don't know the blues... there's no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music. ↗

— Keith Richards

#blues #form #guitar #know #music

Have you listened to the radio lately? Have you heard the canned, frozen and processed product being dished up to the world as American popular music today? ↗

— Billy Joel

#being #canned #frozen #heard #lately

We are living in a time when American popular music is finally being recognized as one of our most successful exports. The demand is huge. ↗

— Billy Joel

#being #demand #exports #finally #huge