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Jazz was the pop music of its day, and all American popular music has stemmed from it one way or another.

The public, hearing pop music, is, without knowing it, also soaking up jazz.

All the folks I play with come from jazz backgrounds or at least appreciate spontaneity within the parameters of a pop song.

There is a lot of snobbery towards pop music, to me and pop in general - it's kind of a despised art form.

Pop comes from the word 'popular,' which means that it could be anything that appeals to any group of people. When you talk about general masses, I think there's elements in every kind of music that can reach a broad audience.

I grew up listening to pop; I grew up listening to '60s pop music, the Beatles, the Monkees, Herman's Hermits and all that stuff. So I had a very strong background of listening to great pop music.

I am totally unapologetic about pop music.

Pop music has progressed.