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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 was raised on pop music.

I like so many different kinds of music just because all I did was listen to the radio as a kid.

Pop music I have always loved best. But the more extreme, fascist-led examples of the music business I tend to detest the most.

I grew up with a wide range of music.

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 listen to a lot of different kinds of music.

I've always listened to music, since I was really, really young.

I grew up listening to most of my parents' music like The Beatles and ABBA and all that stuff.

I grew up listening to everything. And rock and roll has always been a big, big part of it - as big a part of what I do as any other type of music.