Whatever is popular deserves attention.

Whatever is popular deserves attention.

Everything popular is wrong.

Everything popular is wrong.

The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.

The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.

There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of read more

There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing is, I think, one of the few.

What's right isn't always popular. What's popular isn't always right.

What's right isn't always popular. What's popular isn't always right.

Popularity is not leadership.

Popularity is not leadership.

Being popular with an audience is a very rickety ladder to be on.

Being popular with an audience is a very rickety ladder to be on.

Popularity is exhausting. The life of the party almost always winds up in a corner with an overcoat over him.

Popularity is exhausting. The life of the party almost always winds up in a corner with an overcoat over him.

Anyone who is popular is bound to be disliked.

Anyone who is popular is bound to be disliked.