When I was in seventh grade, I totally had a crush on a guy who was older than me, and he listened to alternative music. So he was into Days of the New and stuff like that, and more poppy stuff, too, like Matchbox Twenty.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It was only later on that I became more interested in older music.
I was always fascinated with rock 'n' roll, or girls, or something like that when I was a kid.
For a long time I was trying to be poppier and younger. I didn't want to be on public radio or do any of that stuff for older people. Then I realized that that is exactly what I listen to.
I listened a little to punk when I was younger, but it was straight edge punk. It was nothing like what is going on now, like poppy punk.
I was weirdly obsessed with music until I was 11, and then I turned into a nerd.
I was first influenced by a friend in fifth grade when he brought a Walkman to school and was listening to 'Paradise City' by Guns 'N Roses, which he had concealed within his hoodie. He put the headphones over my ears and I was completely blown away by what I heard. I'll never forget that.
Old-school hip hop, i.e., whatever was popular when you were nineteen, is great. Everything since then is intolerable.
I grew up listening to so much different pop and stuff other than just aggressive music.
I started off from a very early age listening to music - all the usual cheesy stuff that little kids like.
As a really young child, I was listening to the echoes of the age before, music hall and stuff like that, as well as classical bits on the radio.