Dan Levy Quotes

The thing that I love about pop music is the simplicity and the directness of it.

And of course, pop music is all about memorability and simplicity and positive messages and a little dash of joy.

Lord knows, I love a brainless pop song.

The easiest way I can describe what makes a pop song a pop song is that it's a song you want to hear over and over.

I do like pop music. It's that certain thing that it gives you: the adrenaline rush, that instant gratification.

I admire pop songs that are perfect at three minutes.

For me, a perfect pop song is something like 'This Year,' by the Mountain Goats.

A great pop song should be felt when you hear it.

So Am I' is sonically like similar to 'Psycho' and energy-wise.

Gwen Stefani's style and flow I just love. She is so cool to me!

I think 'Rather Be' is an amazingly written pop song with incredible production.

I'm not good at happy, lightweight kind of music. I'm not really good at pop music. 'Cars' is probably the only true pop song I ever wrote. I wish I could write more, but I'm not very good at it.

It would have been easy for me to bring out a real cheesy pop song, but 'Please Don't Let Me Go' isn't your typical 'X Factor' single, and it's a grower, not a shower.

I have always been a sucker for the big, upbeat chorus.

'Honky Tonk Badonkadonk' wasn't some serious song, but it was huge! It was funny.

Gospel was the root of everything in my house, so there's a touch of that in everything that I do. If soul counts as a genre, I would also say that's the common thread throughout everything I do. There's rock and soul influence, too. The pop element comes at the very end and making the song catchy so people will remember it.

I was thinking about working with Lady Gaga, not 'Born This Way' but more her old stuff that she did with RedOne from her first album. I think that would be really fun - a cool combination.

Being a pop artist or making music like a jingle or something - I don't do that.

Most of all I want to make pop music that has something real behind it.

I like when pop is still good music; that's what I like.

I love a good, poppy chorus.

We Can't Stop' has so many different vibes to it. She sounds country; the beat has these live, knocking drums; and then it has these pop melodies. It's a feel-good record.

Say what you want about Maroon 5 not making music like the kind found on 'Songs About Jane,' the fact remains that they know how to write a really good pop song that highlights lead singer Adam Levine's falsetto.

You hear ten seconds of a song, and you know it's OutKast. There's a strangeness about it because it's catchy, but it's not just pop for the sake of pop. They're pushing the envelope.

The great thing about both Indian and Western pop music is that they're fast and have a beat.