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For me it always comes down to what is a good song and I'm very old fashioned in the way that I like to make songs that have something classic about them whether you can play them with an orchestra or an electro synthesizer or an acoustic guitar.

— Marc Almond

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I like songs that sound like classics. There are songs that might be cooler or have better production, but I like songs that sound like they're timeless.

— Alexa Ray Joel

Most people my age, their musical life ended in the '80s. They stick with what they know. But my tastes are much broader. And I don't want to stop learning.

— Paul Weller

I tend to like simple music. And clever, succinct lyrics. Songs that don't try to be more than they need to to be effective, to stir up something emotionally within you.

— Zooey Deschanel

I'm a producer first, and I know music, so I can jump on any song, whether it's pop or urban, without changing me. Whatever I do, I'm gonna make it classic.

— Juicy J

I have such a wide variety of tastes in things that I like musically.

— John Oates

I don't listen to a lot of new stuff. I just like the old stuff. It's all quite dramatic and atmospheric. You'd have an entire story in song. I never listen to, like, white music - I couldn't sing you a Zeppelin or Floyd song.

— Amy Winehouse

I guess I'm a real fan of older music, and that's what shaped my taste and the way I sing.

— Jessie Ware

I always go back to old vinyl albums I loved, and that's sort of the aim I had with 'Hero' - just to make it look classic and feel like me, but also timeless in a way.

— Maren Morris

✗Opposing Perspectives

I don't think the music that I do is nostalgic in any way; I don't think about going back to nice, old-fashioned music. I'm certainly influenced by old music, but I want to bring it slap-bang up to today.

— Imelda May

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

— Priyanka Chopra