Quotes about Pops

The ultimate revenge is being on Top Of The Pops. Votes: 3

He would forget everybody's name, so everybody was called 'Pops'. Votes: 3

You not nothing til you got something, then everybody love ya. Pops told me that Votes: 3

Pop concerts create an audience for Pops concerts, not an audience for classical symphonic concerts. Votes: 3

There's a lot of Kenya that's not like me. I like Birkenstocks, granola, my dog Pops. Votes: 3

I've conducted the Boston Pops! Imagine that! Me! Maya Angelou! I've sang and danced at La Scala! Votes: 3

Rap music is just computerised crap. I listen to Top of the Pops and after three songs I feel like killing someone. Votes: 3

I hope the Canada Pops can play in E and A. I do 'Forty Days' and 'Bo Diddley'. I don't change songs, just bands. Votes: 3

Do you think love just goes away? Pops out of existence when it becomes too painful or inconvenient, as if you never felt it? Votes: 3

My first gig was a Corn Pops commercial. I did the first Vanilla Coke campaign. A Juicy Fruit commercial paid my bills for years. Votes: 3

I did get to sing at Carnegie Hall when they were made Landmarks! I sang ALL THAT JAZZ with the NY Pops ...what a total thrill. Votes: 3

I'm wishing this was something else I was writing, but, Pops, we've got to let you know we love you and know you'll always be with us. Votes: 3

My first Top of the Pops I didn't want to do. I was terrified. I'd never done television before. Seeing the video afterwards was like watching myself die. Votes: 3

I've never done anybody any harm in my entire life. No need to chase girls, I've thousands of them on Top Of The Pops, thousands on Radio One. Votes: 3

Producing is the hardest of the three because there is almost no closure. Every time you solve a problem, another one pops up. Directing is second, and acting is the most fun. Votes: 3

I recently did a piece for the Boston Pops and John Williams, and I hope that it's as well a composed piece as I've ever done for any other medium or occasion. Votes: 3

When we did Top of the Pops for the third time, we decided to do it as a television program here called Come Dancing, which is not as rude as it sounds. Votes: 3

How could 30 years be the blink-of-the-eye it felt? It was the difference between black-and-white footage of the Second World War and David Bowie on 'Top of the Pops' singing 'Life on Mars.' Votes: 3

Some breakfast cereals only come into their own as children's party treats: what are cornflakes and Coco Pops for, if not to clump together with melted chocolate and spoon into a cupcake holder? Votes: 3

When people come out of rehab, they usually go to secondary rehab for another six months and then enter back into society gradually. But I came out and did Top Of The Pops straight away! Votes: 3

My second husband believed I had such a fickle attitude to friendship that each Friday he would update the list of my 'Top Ten' friends in the manner of a Top Of The Pops chart countdown. Votes: 3

While there used to be one or two Pops orchestras, now there are all kinds of European orchestras that suddenly look upon this as a golden wand that can enable them to make money recording this music. Votes: 3

I break an emcee off proper Yo don't check me, Ask your Moms and Pops, Yo they respect me, But here you stand, tryin' to get yours, but gettin' nothin' You probably can't spell "Boogie Down" or "Productions" Votes: 3

Well Lord, I'm still on the case. I'm still doing what Dr. King and Pops want me to do. I'm still on that freedom highway, and I'm going to walk on it until Dr. King's dream is realized. Votes: 3

I was born in '71, so I remember bits of glam rock on 'Top of the Pops' toward the late '70s, but I had no idea what kind of world it was. I didn't like the music, either. Votes: 3

I used to watch 'Top of the Pops' when I was a kid and say 'Yeah!' or 'Boo!' at every single song. So there was nothing in the middle. You brutally put it on one side or another. Votes: 3

My father used to tape 'Top of the Pops' for me every Sunday, and I would sit in my bedroom, write down the lyrics of all of my favourite songs, and sing along. I was always singing in my bedroom with a hairbrush. Votes: 3

If you're writing a piece for the Boston Pops, the balance is towards one end. If you're writing a piece for a chamber music society, then it's towards another point. I won't make a final answer on that. I think it changes with every piece. Votes: 3

Well, it's been an interesting career. Since I last appeared on 'Top Of The Pops,' I've been doing about 150 live shows every year. The live shows have always been well received and they consistently worked, it's just the records that haven't been very good. Votes: 3

A couple of months ago I hauled my white ass on stage alongside Chaka Khan and Stevie Wonder for Divas Las Vegas, singing in front of a celebrity audience. If I can hold my own there, I can hold my own at Top of the Pops, trust me. Votes: 3

When I did "Top of the Pops" for the first time, Ace of Base was one of the other bands, and I have a memory of them on a small stage next to me in the TV studio. A memory of their performance is burned into my mind. Seared. Votes: 3

Music TV in the U.K. is disappearing. 'Top Of The Pops,' 'CD:UK' and shows like that have gone, and it's bringing down the music industry. We should do as much as we can to keep our music TV and producers need to be more willing to accommodate live music. Votes: 3

Pop music is aspirin and the blues are vitamins. Votes: 2

I love pop music. It's not easy to write a good pop song. Votes: 2

Pop changes week to week, month to month. But great music is like literature. Votes: 2

Pop culture is a reflection of social change, not a cause of social change. Votes: 2

Go on and try to tear me down I will be rising from the ground Votes: 2

When you're part of a pop phenomenon, you have so many opinions shoved down your throat. Votes: 2

Here in England, everyone's a pop star, innit, whereas in America they believe in the term artist. Votes: 2

Pop music, disco music, and heavy metal music is about shutting out the tensions of life, putting it away. Votes: 2

I wasn't very aware of pop music because I attended an arts school. For me, it was all about jazz. Votes: 2

Teen pop will never die as long as there are teens and popular music. It just takes a different head. Votes: 2

I've never intended to be controversial but it's very easy to be controversial in pop music because nobody ever is. Votes: 2

For my prom I really wanted to wear a bright color - something that was going to pop and stand out. Votes: 2

Pop music often tells you everything is OK, while rock music tells you that it's not OK, but you can change it. Votes: 2

Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married. He was eighteen, she was sixteen and I was three. Votes: 2

Nowadays in pop, there's not a lot of men that are singing big and loud and high - it's not as common as it once was. Votes: 2

Once you 'got' Pop, you could never see a sign again the same way again. And once you thought Pop, you could never see America the same way again. Votes: 2

I started rapping because I wanted people to hear what I have to say, I want as many people to hear me as possible, and I do everything in my power to make that pop. Votes: 2

I see songs not as a commodity used up when the album goes off the charts, which is often the case with pop songs. I see them as a body of work. Life should be breathed into them. Votes: 2

I felt that the elegance of pop music was that it was reflective: we were holding up a mirror to our audience and reflecting them philosophically and spiritually, rather than just reflecting society or something called 'rock and roll.' Votes: 2

Superheroes fill a gap in the pop culture psyche, similar to the role of Greek mythology. There isn't really anything else that does the job in modern terms. For me, Batman is the one that can most clearly be taken seriously. Votes: 2

Tell the story that's been growing in your heart, the characters you can't keep out of your head, the tale story that speaks to you, that pops into your head during your daily commute, that wakes you up in the morning. Votes: 2

A lot of my friends have tattoos; I realized that it's not only just a part of pop culture, but a bit of a map on someone's body, which says something about people. A part of their life, like an armor or a crest. Votes: 2

Stealing ideas from contemporaries is rude and tasteless. Stealing from the long dead is considered literary and admirable. The same is true of grave-robbing. Loot your local cemetery and find yourself mired in social awkwardness. But unearth the tomb of an ancient king and you can feel free to pop off his toe rings. You'll probably end up on a book tour, or bagging an honorary degree or two. Votes: 2

I would love to do top of pops as a grandma. Votes: 1

I shoot my big mouth off; it just pops up! I have to learn to edit myself. Votes: 1

Reality always outstrips fiction. Whatever you make up, something more incredible always pops up in real life. Votes: 1

War seems to come out of nowhere, like rust that suddenly pops up on iron after a storm. Votes: 1

I've tried to have a regular haircut, but it just pops back up again, so this is the way it's going to be. Votes: 1

Sugar-free ice pops are an invention of God. They hardly have any calories since they're mostly water. I eat about 15 pops every two days. Votes: 1

I don't want the 35-year-olds in my audience to think of me as as 'pops' giving the kind of advice that only 65-year-olds can understand. Votes: 1

Whatever moisture is left in the popcorn when it gets from harvest to bag to your popper is what's going to determine how well the corn pops. Votes: 1

My pops and my mom started playing Marvin Gaye and the Isley Brothers and all these people, but at the same time, they always had Snoop on right behind it in the same mix. Votes: 1

I'm raised by a single mom and didn't have pops around for the most part of my life. And she, by any means necessary, gave me the best opportunities that she knew how to give me. Votes: 1

If you record the sound of bacon in a frying pan and play it back, it sounds like the pops and cracks on an old 33 1/3 recording. Almost exactly like that. You could substitute it for that sound. Votes: 1

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. Votes: 1

I love oatmeal. To me, it's not boring. I agree that ordinary oatmeal is very boring, but not the steel-cut Irish kind - the kind that pops in your mouth when you bite into it in little glorious bursts like a sort of gummy champagne. Votes: 1

These things were happening in my life where I was like, 'Man, I wish my pops was here to see this.' I never had those thoughts before fame, when my life was just a regular life. I wasn't saying, 'I wish my dad could be around and see me working at Applebee's.' Votes: 1

Chris Cooper once told me to never have any regrets. After Chris said that to me, I walk into every scene thinking, 'exhaust every possibility.' Once you get to a certain place, it's like you just deliver everything you've got. Don't have any regrets. It pops up in my mind over and over and over again. Votes: 1

Life and consciousness are the two great mysteries. Actually, their substrates are the inanimate. And how do you get from neurons shooting around in the brain to the thought that pops up in your head and mine? There's something deeply mysterious about that. And if you're not struck by the mystery, I think you haven't thought about it. Votes: 1

I've got an extra-specific story about Dr. Dre. I saw him when I was 9 years old in Compton - him and Tupac. They were shooting the second 'California Love' video. My pops had seen him and ran back to the house and got me, put me on his neck, and we stood there watching Dre and Pac in a Bentley. Votes: 1

My dad, he worked rebar, an ironworker. Watching my pops get up every single morning, going into work, working hard - I think that really made me want to work that hard, wanted to make me get up early and go for a run or get a lift in or get some extra hitting in and really try to better myself every day. Votes: 1

I used to think I was ugly. I thought I looked like a camel. A person who doesn't love themselves, they will see anything that pops up on their face. I've seen squirrels, I've seen a bird, and I've seen all kinds of animals on my face. But that is the result of self-hate. I've learned to say: 'You know what? I am a beautiful black woman'. Votes: 1

P.S. I enjoy acid pops. Votes: 0

You never know you're in a bubble until it pops. Votes: 0

I see my pops everyday and that's what I wanted. Votes: 0

If there is no God, who pops up the next Kleenex? Votes: 0

If something pops in my mind and it's easy, I write it. Votes: 0

I grew up on movie sets and traveling the world with my pops. Votes: 0

Ay Dad, brush my hair one time. Hey pops! Come brush my hair. Votes: 0

Expressive glances Shall be our lances And pops of Sillery Our light artillery. Votes: 0

It's magic. All of a sudden, the idea just pops up. Who knows how? Votes: 0

Everything present is included in the past somewhere; nobody's present pops out of nowhere. Votes: 0

There may be a sucker born every minute, but every 30 seconds a lollipop pops out. Votes: 0

The Story of My Life is drinking cups of tea, eating coco pops and playing Playstation. Votes: 0

There's a consistency in my work that pops up independent of the limitations of the technology. Votes: 0

As soon as someone like me or David Lynch pops up everyone says hallelujah, how weird. Votes: 0

I happen to think singing is hilarious, especially when it pops out at the wrong time. Votes: 0

My pops is doing 120 years, I have friends doing life, I have niggas in the grave. Votes: 0

Television is like the American toaster, you push the button and the same thing pops up everytime. Votes: 0

Every time something pops in my head, I think twice about it and I do it anyway. Votes: 0

If you Google the word "fluffy," I'm the first thing that pops up. It's me, dogs and rabbits. Votes: 0

Grandchildren don't stay young forever, which is good because Pop-pops have only so many horsey rides in them. Votes: 0

We get into ruts when we run with the first idea that pops into our head, not the last one. Votes: 0

Because there can be consequences for saying the first thing that pops into our heads, it is prudent to exercise tact. Votes: 0

I'm raspy, and if I wasn't a smoker, I'd still be raspy. My pops has a raspy voice, and my grandfather. Votes: 0

Particularly on social media, there is that level of detachment, some people feel like they can say whatever pops in their head . Votes: 0

If you jot down every silly thought that pops into your mind, you will soon find out everything you most seriously believe. Votes: 0

Eventually, if something pops up, that's cool, but I still wanna continue the process of learning how to be a good actor. Votes: 0

So you try to think of someone else you're mad at, and the unavoidable answer pops into your little warped brain: everyone. Votes: 0

'Where's Bill going?' He's going to comedy death. Boom! He pops out of it with another joke. It's my particular style. Votes: 0

You see that a handful of times every year where a person that hasn't been playing that well pops up and wins Votes: 0

When you get to know some of the history of the game, Oscar Robertson is one of the names that pops up first. Votes: 0

Whether I'm going out for the night, or during the day, I love putting on something that pops and makes you feel comfortable. Votes: 0

If something really strikes a chord with an audience, if it pops on TV, I don't mind watching it for a few minutes. Votes: 0

I don't get offered many dramatic roles. As soon as my face pops up in a movie, everyone knows I'm the funny guy. Votes: 0

God is not a vending machine where if you put in enough prayer quarters we get a Reese's Pieces bag that pops out. Votes: 0

Anytime you go digging around on the internet and into your world, maybe you don't want to find out where your name pops up. Votes: 0

I really hate those books where the murderer turns out to be somebody you never heard of who pops up in the last chapter. Votes: 0

Always remember, however, that there’s usually a simpler and better way to do something than the first way that pops into your head. Votes: 0

Goals happen to be restrictive to me. Goals can cause me to maybe miss out or make a wrong decision on an opportunity that pops up. Votes: 0

Silly trends don't last long. A lot of this nonsense that pops up, I don't even really pay attention because it'll be gone in a flash. Votes: 0

You named them: hustlers, killers, fiends, ex-cons. I called them: cousins, aunts, pops, moms. To you? Hoodlums, crackheads, gunmens. To me? Just neighbors, classmates, young friends. Votes: 0

One of the ways [racism] pops up is when they turn a comic into a live-action movie and there's this temptation to make Asian characters white. Votes: 0

Goals happen to be restrictive to me. Goals can cause me to maybe miss out or make a wrong decision on an opportunity that pops up. Votes: 0

It is no use telling me there are bad aunts and good aunts. At the core, they are all alike. Sooner or later, out pops the cloven hoof. Votes: 0

There's no unicorns that pop out the ceiling and no glitter that pops out of my pocket. It's just regular people in the studio doing what we do. Votes: 0

It's nice to do an IPO where your investors get value straightaway and the share price pops up; it proves you left something on the table for them. Votes: 0

Washington has got to, across the board, lower taxes for small businesses so that our mom and pops can reinvest and hire people, so that our businesses can thrive. Votes: 0

In terms of fashion, I think the biggest influence that I had was my father. My pops, he was really into men's fashion and read all of the magazines. Votes: 0

An overzealous parent is just one example of the kind of Problem Mom or Dad who pops up at track meets, threatening to put a damper on the day. Votes: 0

One of these days I'm gonna beat him in the face with the butt of my service revolver until an eyeball pops out. These are the thoughts that keep me happy. Votes: 0

It's like a dream sometimes, a song just pops into your head and you can't tell if it's something you heard or it's new and you got to write it down. Votes: 0

There was an old coddle so molly,He talked in a glot that was poly,His gaws were so gewThat his laps became dew,And he ate only pops that were lolly." Votes: 0

Tom, my husband, who converted to Judaism when we got married, and as a consequence, we were learning about historical conversions to Judaism. Really, every time it pops up, it's very strange. Votes: 0

So let's say you're using XYZ product and you want to do something very sophisticated. You subscribe to this thing, you hit a button, and a CA expert pops up in video. Votes: 0

I still play jazz, and I've always got that trumpet very handy, but I'm coming to feel the classical venues are where my main focus is, in the realm of symphonic pops. Votes: 0

The beauty of inspiration for me is that you can't predict when it's coming. I like that it just pops up out of nowhere. You just have to be open to its arrival. Votes: 0

When I finally put my guitar in the case the last time, I want to be remembered just as a singer, not as a country singer or pops singer - just a singer. Votes: 0

I grew up listening to Commission, Kirk Franklin and Hezekiah Walker. If I was found listening to any rap, my pops would throw them out, or crush the CDs and tapes - literally. Votes: 0

On an iPhone, you touch on the digital keyboard and you know how the letter pops up and shows up bigger so you're making sure you're touching the correct letter? That's Nokia innovation. Votes: 0

I worry that if whatever pops into your head at any instant immediately goes online, you lose the crucial time for your thoughts to simmer and evolve and build up nuance, depth and empathy. Votes: 0

So I'm a one movie at a time person, I don't develop. Normally we do a movie then one thing leads to another. If something pops up that catches my attention, then I'll decide. Votes: 0

I want a life that sizzles and pops and makes me laugh out loud...I want my everyday to make God belly laugh, glad that he gave life to someone who loves the gift. Votes: 0

The whole experience has really stayed with me. Dunsfold pops into my head at the strangest times, and I run the track through in my head. 'I can go faster there and there...' Votes: 0

Most blue-based colors help make the smile appear whiter and have the added benefit of making you look younger. Shimmering nude gloss also works well if bright pops of color are not your thing. Votes: 0

When I'm sittin' down to dinner with the family, stuff [another Yogiism] just pops out. And they'll say, 'Dad, you just said another one.' And I don't even know what the heck I said. Votes: 0