#pop

The whole of the global economy is based on supplying the cravings of two per cent of the world's population. ↗

— Bill Bryson

#cent #cravings #economy #global #global economy

I can only say the first thing that pops into my mind is I remember, years ago, seeing kind of a has-been country singer working - when I first moved to Nashville - in a bar in a Holiday Inn. ↗

— Jimmy Buffett

#bar #country #country singer #first #first thing

It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#error #general #loudest #most #popular

In Europe and Australia, there is something called the Tall Poppy Syndrome: People like to cut the tall poppies. They don't want you to succeed, and they cut you down - especially people from your own social class. ↗

— Mark Burnett

#called #class #cut #down #especially

I love sporting events and popcorn and pizza and being outside, like at a baseball or football game. I love amusement parks, going to ride roller coasters. ↗

— Carrie Underwood

#ball game #baseball #being #coasters #events

One of my proudest moments is I didn't sell my soul for the sake of popularity. ↗

— George W. Bush

#moments #my soul #popularity #proudest #sake

If you are a pop band, don't say you're a metal band. Poison and Warrant were about as metal as the Backstreet Boys. ↗

— Geezer Butler

#backstreet #band #metal #poison #pop

While he was president, it was popular to be a Nixon hater. ↗

— Earl Butz

#nixon #popular #president #while

The imminent demise of the large record companies as gatekeepers of the world's popular music is a good thing, for the most part. ↗

— David Byrne

#companies #demise #gatekeepers #good #good thing

I've never been one for doing remixes. Then I've gotta decide which version am I gonna be tonight: country Carrie or pop Carrie? I'd rather just make country music that anybody can get into no matter what they listen to. ↗

— Carrie Underwood

#anybody #been #carrie #country #country music