I'm a pop princess at heart. Pop is about distilling what you want to say and making it easy. And the way I write isn't about making things easy. It's a weird juxtaposition.
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Related It's so easy for me to do a boy-bashing pop song, but to sit down and write honestly about somet... AVRIL LAVIGNE Saying you have a political solution is like saying you can write a pop song that's going to sta... BRUCE STERLING I'm not the best at choosing what's good and what's bad. I wouldn't even know what... ASAP ROCKY I must say that it's easy to write nice things about Chicago because it's that kind of town. SAMMY CAHN It's weird, man. I've had a weird life, and I don't want to end up on the dole. I'm ... BRIAN HARVEY I'm an information junkie, and I don't mean that in snobby way. I'm not talking about wo... DANIELLE SCHNEIDER The English don't like concepts, really, not from a pop star. It's alright if they come from... BRIAN ENO What I do is I write mainly about very personal and rather lonely feelings, and I explore them in a ... DAVID BOWIE I'm just not into happy-clappy pop. Unless it's happy-clappy pop in a good way. CARA DELEVINGNE But you know, it's not easy when your husband runs for president. I mean, it's not easy for ... LAURA BUSH Being a pop star is something I don't think I'm very good at. I'm worried it's makin... LAURA MVULA I'm a prize fighter. Titles don't pay bills. I fight for money. I'm making money. They... BROCK LESNAR It's all about risk-taking when you're making an album. Don't be scared to do weird thin... VIC FUENTES I'm definitely a pop artist at heart. SHEENA EASTON Broadcasting was something, I don't want to say it came easy, but it's something I'm com... CRAIG KILBORN I think you need to be intentional at times about your leadership - where you're eating lunch, w... AARON RODGERS It's way easier to write for other people. Yourself isn't in it. When you write for yourself... SAM DEW Connecting with Canadians isn't about what you say, it's about what you're listening to.... JUSTIN TRUDEAU Actually, if I could deliberately sit down and write a pop hit, all my songs would be pop hits! Let&... EDDIE VAN HALEN I supported Obama because of his relationships. A lot of the things he believes in, you would say th... DWYANE WADE Hard rock will always be hard rock, but you don't really know what is rock - and what isn't ... ALICE COOPER When I get ready for a high-profile event, it's really about sleep and making sure I'm eatin... DARBY STANCHFIELD If you think about it, I was at college, and then three months later, I was a massive pop star. It... ALISON MOYET There are times pop music is the end result when I'm in the studio, but I don't really go in... POST MALONE The hardest thing about being in this business is just being able to be yourself. People act like th... KELLY CLARKSON The biggest crime in England is to rise above your station. It's fine to be a pop star. 'Oh,... BRIAN ENO You just suddenly think that there's something quite childish about acting. Basically, it's ... KEVIN WHATELY It isn't what they say about you, it's what they whisper. ERROL FLYNN I'm always looking to rock out. But it isn't really about rocking out versus being mellow, i... FRANK BLACK I'm writing about real things. Real people. Real characters. You have to believe what I write ab... LOU REED Every story I write is different. Some are hard. Some aren't. 'Chronicle' was tremendous... MAX LANDIS I'm making music with my friends. It's fun. It should be fun. You shouldn't make music i... CASS MCCOMBS People don't listen to one radio station. On iTunes you can mix different worlds and bring count... NATASHA BEDINGFIELD I think pop music is in such an exciting place right now, and I do kind of credit that to Lorde with... TROYE SIVAN I don't think I'll ever want to do pop music. I think I'll only ever want to do classica... JACKIE EVANCHO I'm absolutely obsessed with The Jesus And Mary Chain and Patti Smith, but I'm a massive pop... SIOBHAN FAHEY Being a good actor isn't easy. Being a man is even harder. I want to be both before I'm done... JAMES DEAN My words fly up, my thoughts remain below: Words without thoughts never to heaven go. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE I hold a lot of things in. I'm always making sure everybody is okay. I usually don't rage; I... BEYONCE KNOWLES Design certainly has a cosmetic, aesthetic aim. It always aims at making things beautiful. But relev... YVES BEHAR A workshop is a way of renting an audience, and making sure you're communicating what you think ... OCTAVIA BUTLER All I do is have fun. When I'm not working, it's about making people laugh. I love making jo... DREW FULLER The industrial thing came about mainly through giving up trying to write pop songs in the early '... GARY NUMAN Pop is a little bit theatrical. That's the whole vibe. That's the point - is that it's g... ADAM LAMBERT I've learned a lot about my voice, and about things I can do with it. Maybe that's why my so... CHELY WRIGHT I don't think about whether it's gonna be a dance record or a ballad or anything when I'... SAM SMITH I'm actually writing history. It isn't what you'd call big history. I don't write ab... LOUIS L'AMOUR Success isn't about the end result, it's about what you learn along the way. VERA WANG It's weird for me to say I'm lucky when I can't go into a bookstore and have more than f... JENNY ZHANG What I like about pop music, and why I'm still attracted to it, is that in the end it becomes ou... BONO I'm continuing to learn more about music - it's an ocean, and you can never really say that ... A. R. RAHMAN For me, I can only do that from my own experience with people I've known and things that I'v... JON SECADA It's been difficult to find roles that are independent, strong, and self-assured; I always say I... LEVEN RAMBIN We all know we have a finite period of time. I just feel if I'm going to be alive, I want to be ... FRANK OCEAN You can't suddenly say, 'I want a brand new habit tomorrow,' and expect it to be easy an... CHARLES DUHIGG To be honest, for me, my main workout is when I'm on stage. Even though I make pop music, I don&... CHARLI XCX Writing a song to be a single is hard, and I don't like to focus on that because you can get cau... BRENDON URIE My weight doesn't really fluctuate, but I make sure I don't eat late at night. It's abou... RYAN GIGGS The No. 1 question I get from everybody is, 'How did you make it?' I'm like, Don't w... CARSON DALY It isn't about the words you say. It's about the energetic message you send. PETE CARROLL I'm sure there will come a time when I won't be able to, you know, walk around so easy somet... FRANK DILLANE The thing about cooking is it's so interesting to watch. I don't know why, but if you go to ... CHRISTOPHER WALKEN I like to write about the things I care about. It's no fun to sing about things you don't li... ESTELLE FANTA SWARAY Which implies that the real issue in art is the audience's response. Now I claim that when I mak... RICHARD FOREMAN It's really hard for me to sometimes put myself out there, like 'Hey, how do you feel about ... BETH DITTO The whole celebrity thing is not something I'm overly interested in. I don't pop up at parti... ALANIS MORISSETTE When I'm writing a pop song, I'll just write formulaically, strategically. SIA The deeper you get into Yoga you realize it is a spiritual practice. It's a journey I'm maki... STING I don't really have a favorite pop artist - I just listen to some pop songs here and there. Most... LILLA CRAWFORD The one thing about The Weeknd is that he's gone between the world of trap music and pop music a... BABYFACE If someone's going to talk about me, I'd want it to be positively. The way many write, you... DOROTHY STRATTEN You should not do an autobiography if you want to tell the truth. There are a lot of things I know a... ABRAHAM A. RIBICOFF The soap opera was so long ago - the thing about soap operas, and there's something to be said f... FRANK GRILLO I have tremendous affection for New York and my life, but I'm a satirist at heart. And it's ... THERESA REBECK When my life is stressful, my favorite game is called 'Pop It,' where you pop balloons and p... JANE MCGONIGAL I like to think I'm making films in the film business where movies are making enough numbers for... WES CRAVEN Nirvana was pop. You can have distorted guitars and people say it's alternative, but you can'... KRISTIN HERSH Pop culture is not about depth. It's about marketing, supply and demand, consumerism. TREVOR DUNN Now don't say you can't swear off drinking; it's easy. I've done it a thousand times... W. C. FIELDS People assume that a lot of pop artists don't write their songs. That, for me, is super frustrat... RICKI-LEE COULTER I'm really good at making teen angst romantic. I'm really good at dealing with heartbreak an... TAVI GEVINSON I never know if it's the right choice I'm making. It's always weird going from one place... SELENA GOMEZ I'm just into making quality stuff if I can, with interesting people and good scripts. But it... EWAN MCGREGOR It's so easy to be wicked without knowing it, isn't it? LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY It was weird - writing is a stupid thing to do. I come up here in the morning to a pleasant room in ... MAL PEET I'm 33 now and I seem to have hit a fitness plane. Shifting the wobbly bits isn't as easy as... MATTHEW RHYS Modelling isn't something I'm doing to prove people wrong. It's something I'm doing ... KENDALL JENNER The question isn't, 'What do we want to know about people?', It's, 'What do peop... MARK ZUCKERBERG Every time I go to Comic-Con, I'm jacked. I want to dress up and walk the floor and answer quest... MAE WHITMAN I'm not just offensive, I'm very smart about the way that I do it, and that takes a lot of t... ANTHONY JESELNIK I tend to write about my anxieties - it's what I'm afraid will happen. And I write a story w... RAINBOW ROWELL I try to remember, as I hear about friends getting engaged, that it's not about the ring and it&... GWYNETH PALTROW I don't think I'm easy to talk about. I've got a very irregular head. And I'm not an... SYD BARRETT I had something I was trying to say and sometimes the message is an easy transmission and sometimes ... FAITH RINGGOLD If it's about what I like, I like opera as a music and deathstep and dubstep. DEYTH BANGER You know that I had heard so many times people say things like, 'You could never write 'Harr... CASSANDRA CLARE The problem with holistic management is it's so profoundly simple, but it's not easy. And it... ALLAN SAVORY If you experience that feeling of being in a rut in your life, then something's not right. A lot... JOY MANGANO It's fun for me to try to write concise, compact things. It's a very good exercise for me. A... WILLIAM T. VOLLMANN Being outspoken about my faith isn't just something that I do; it's who I am because my fait... TIM TEBOW
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