Music Awareness Quotes

I listen to most everything that's out there because I need to stay aware of what's happening in the industry.

Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe has confessed that until recently, he thought the 16-year-old fellow tween idol [Justin Bieber] was a female. 'I only heard Justin Bieber for the first time two weeks ago. I genuinely thought it was a woman singing. I'd never heard it before. Is it big in England yet?'

I'm one of those people that really pays attention to the music in films.

If you don't know hip-hop, at least a little bit of it, you can't even call yourself an American.

I listened to all types of music, and obviously when I got to Seattle I was very much aware of the music scene there.

I'd love it if everyone knew one Foo Fighters song.

New country music comprises about five percent of what I hear per year. I enjoy it, but I don't really take note of who's singing it or writing it.

I wasn't very aware of pop music because I attended an arts school. For me, it was all about jazz.

The man on the street, he knows who Beethoven is, he knows who Mozart is.

Ninety percent of the time, when I put on my headphones, I forget to turn on my music. Literally 10 minutes will go by before I realize that there's no music.

I never saw The Beatles live. I was very aware of them, though.

When Destiny's Child released their first record, I don't think I even noticed. I was still at school, and I had my own life in Houston.

Well, I'll tell you, I don't know how aware teenagers are of me. I think it really depends on the teenager and how well-versed in music they are and what kind of music they like.

The key concept is to open your ears. Music can be here and there, anywhere surrounding you.

For me, to turn people on to new music, on to things that are going on in the world, is important.

Uh, I think so many things have happened in the mainstream that definitely brought awareness and attention to a cappella. The 'Pitch Perfect' movies, 'The Sing-Off' - I mean, the college a cappella scene definitely has become really hot, which is definitely wonderful.

A lot of people don't know about music, but buy records. A lot of people that know about music can't afford to buy records.

These wealthy people were very interested in contemporary music. They wanted to help diffuse it and get it to be known to other people.

I want to change peoples' minds about music, I want to bring the really brutal experimental stuff to peoples' attention.

If you don't realize that there are great rock bands out there, you should look for them.

You can't be in a bubble being a producer. You have to keep up on what's happening at all times.

If you ask me who the members of the Rolling Stones or Led Zep or the Clash were, I'd be able to tell you every member. But I couldn't name a single member of Arctic Monkeys.

I have to plead basic ignorance of most new jazz artists here.

Everyone who hears our music loves it, but how many people get to hear it?

In the wake of the San Francisco scene, ears were alive. It was a listening generation.