Rob Sheffield Quotes

I was a pop-music junkie. My parents were into Frank Sinatra and Doris Day. They weren't too excited when I had Aretha or the Stones pumping.

As a kid I was super into all kinds of pop. It wasn't until I became a teenager that I moved more into alternative music and punk rock.

I didn't like progressive jazz or anything. Rock was something I like to listen to.

I don't actually personally get off on guitar music.

I wasn't into pop music, even at a really young age.

I just felt like I'd rather listen to even the worst metal song more than most current pop music.

My father was a jazz listener, and I think, at least before I was 5, I was not so into that. Although there were records that emphasized percussion that I liked, like Baby Dodds.

I love Johnny Cash but I don't love country music that much.

When we started making electronic music I imagined that the reaction we got from the rock musicians must have been similar to the one the beat groups got from people like my dad.

I am multiracial, and I went through different phases - at one point, I listened to Wu-Tang and hip-hop, and then the next year I listened to Joni Mitchell.

I heard 'Get Lucky'; it's just not my taste. It's great what Daft Punk does and the sound quality is great, but that whole disco vibe is not really my thing.

I have a very eclectic taste when it comes to music.

I like all music. The only music I don't like is bad music.

The early Bon Jovi stuff I can't stand. I just think we didn't have our stylistic voice. But some people love some of that stuff.

That's something - you laugh about Eminem... It's funny, man, because I didn't like him when he first came out, ya know. It seemed like a big joke. But I think the guy's for real, and I like his lyrics!

There is two kinds of music, the good, and the bad. I play the good kind.

People do look at it as an insult that I say I don't listen to country music, which cracks me up.

I think people who just know me from my band think I don't like pop music. The truth is I love pop music.

I've always liked pop music. There was a bit of a misunderstanding with the avant-garde rock scene, because I think I was sort of swimming the wrong way, really.

We loved country songs in New Order. That's our big secret!

If some people don't like funk music then it's just the wrong time for them. They will get it. It's addictive.

There are two genres of music: there's good music and there's bad music.

I don't know why, but I don't fancy writing love songs; I never have.

My tastes are pretty varied. For instance, I love Wilco. But it's considered dad rock. It's one of my favorite bands, and yet I find it impossible not to think of myself as a dad-in-training when I listen to it.

I like flipping Coldplay. And I like Jessie Ware. But I'm sure how we grew up was totally different.