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Pop music for me was definitely escapist, but never studious.


Siouxsie Sioux

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CLIFF CHENFELD I was a very nerdy child. I never fit in, so I became laboriously studious.
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DALE STEWART The only thing that exists to me is commercial pop music.
BARRY GIBB I would categorize Die Antwoord as pop music: extreme, futuristic pop music.
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EVA GREEN Me therefore studious of laborious ease.
WILLIAM COWPER I never minded being thought of as a pop star. People have always thought I wanted to be seen as a s...
GEORGE MICHAEL I was very studious.
KESHA I like the pop music, but I still want to have meaning in my music.
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DARREN CRISS What's missing from pop music is danger.
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CARLISLE FLOYD Pop music should be about young people.
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"Pop?"
"That was the sound of me pulling your head out of your ass.
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