James Patterson Quotes

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

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.

Every time I hear a Garth Brooks record I tend to want to hear James Taylor.

I'm not exclusively into R&B. I like Usher.

I grew up listening to a lot of Malaysian pop music, which is kind of like a mixture of traditional and pop... I was also listening to a lot of English music as well.

I have to admit that I was never into the boy band craze of the late '90s and the early aughts. I was into more adult things like Ricky Martin. For reals.

I like music more balanced between the voice and the guitar and the percussion. I don't like heavy metal.

I love '80s and '90s music.

People who like girl bands are really different from regular band fans.

Folk music has been our popular music... There is a myth that youngsters only like heavy metal or rock music, but that's not true.

In the car on my way to the studio, I was listening to 'Where Are U Now' with Justin Bieber and Jack U, so I was like, 'Wow, this is such a banger.' I loved the thought of having a ballad at the beginning and then just a massive drop.

I'm a musichead. My favorite Gaga song of all time is 'You & I' - it might not be the popular vote in terms of charts or sales, but it's my favorite.

I feel like pop and R&B are just my core.

The first artist whose music I really got into was Paolo Nutini. When his album 'Sunny Side Up' came out, I think I listened to it on repeat for, like, six months.

Before hip-hop existed, we were listening to soul songs from the '70s. I grew up with Motown, Elton John, and the Beatles. To me, that's good music.

We're huge fans of Kylie Minogue, Grimes, and artists who are doing more electronic music.

I don't mind Ed Sheeran, but I wouldn't want to be compared to a guy that builds his song around a guitar, since we do not have a guitar in our band.

I love the comparison with Aaliyah and Timbaland, because Aaliyah is a legend, and there is a large cinematic feel to Timbaland's sound, but what I do is different.

Every 16-year-old person has a love for pop in them because pop is popular.

I've always loved pop music. I've always loved indie, even electronic, even trap.

Usher is definitely somebody I came up listening to.

I still love R&B - I kind of literally listen to everything.

I can't put anyone even really close to Christina Aguilera besides Stacie Orrico.

I'm not a big country guy even though I'm from Nashville. I like some songs, but I wouldn't turn on a country radio station or anything.

When I first heard Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way,' I looked out the window for the car alarm going off.