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I don't follow any of what the pop world is doing. Sometimes I feel like that's a weakness, actually, that I'm too in my own bubble. But I'm really just interested in the inner journey. And pop is all about the exterior world, the material.

I was never attracted to the pop world. I listen to music that is pop sometimes. But I've never thought, 'Oh, I need to work with Ne-Yo now.' It's never really been my thing.

I think I'm commercial underground. I'm not commercial in the way that people consider 'pop,' but I'm not underground in the way that people consider that. either. I am just a cool guy.

I think people who just know me from my band think I don't like pop music. The truth is I love pop music.

Certain people want to see me solely as a pop act, but there are many different sides to Christina Aguilera besides the pop girl.

I embraced being a pop artist, but I like doing it on my own terms, at my own pace.

Being a pop star is something I don't think I'm very good at. I'm worried it's making me too paranoid, because all of a sudden, life has become this constant assessment. When you put something out there and people get to hear it, then those people react to it, socially, culturally.

The fun of being in the pop world is you can really play with people's perceptions of what the word pop means.

Pop music allows you to be who you are without having to wear a social uniform or to conform, which some people find impossible to do.

I don't feel like a pop star. I like being able to live my life the same as my mates. I don't get recognised much.