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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.

Pop music has progressed.

Pop is the most competitive form of music there is. You are always fighting to be adopted and accepted by the masses, and it's always shifting.

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

I love pop music because you can really see what's currently happening in society.

I think that pop, and to some extent rock, are like sport and fashion industry in that they're about the exuberance of youth. That's the sort of subliminal ideology.

Pop music has always been about the mainstream and what appeals to the public.

Pop music was supposed to be a flash in the pan, but here we are 50 years later and it means something to us, and it always will do. It's incredibly important.

I am totally unapologetic about pop music.

I think the pop chart today is entirely market-driven. And it has nothing to do with public taste. And it has nothing to do with moving music forward. It's simply a market chart.