I don't want to pooh-pooh modern pop. I appreciate that as…

I think it's really cool, but Jimmy Eat World and Gin Blossoms did it better than anyone. People don't realize just how awesome the…

— Nate Ruess

I didn't feel particularly cool when I was 16 or 17 but I felt accepted in a community of alternative music and the gig scene.

— Matty Healy

We grew up listening to alternative music from the '90s, and there was no shame in being on a major label and still making…

— Nate Ruess

As more people get into indie bands and alternative music, they're also getting more into other genres that fit those categories, like jazz and…

— Hilary Hahn

In the '90s, the radio was still alive with all different kinds of points of view, and I think that's why people are longing…

— Shirley Manson

The thing about me is, coming from an alternative music background and singing for nine years, being basically invisible, I'm so used to writing…

— Lana Del Rey

The formats have changed so much, and even if you look at alternative music today, most of it isn't really that alternative. It's just…

— Perry Farrell

When I was in seventh grade, I totally had a crush on a guy who was older than me, and he listened to alternative…

— Carrie Underwood

When I was growing up, the alternative-music scene, not just in Ireland but... in the U.K. and in America and stuff... the women were…

— CMAT

As a kid I was super into all kinds of pop. It wasn't until I became a teenager that I moved more into alternative…

— MO

I've always seen myself as the person listening to alternative music and all that - generic indie person. I always tried to be the…

— Jenny Hval

I have periods where I listen to regular rap, Jay-Z, Eminem and Lil Wayne. The next day I might have some Christian alternative music.…

— Steve Blake

I know there's a certain love and affection for the homemade on the Internet, and I'm all for that, too, and I appreciate it…

— Robert Englund

When I became a 'rock musician,' I assumed pop music was easy to write and that interesting rock music, or alternative music, was hard.…

— Kevin Parker

“For the life of me I cannot remember, what made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise. For the life of…

— The Verve Pipe