Rock in the mainstream culture has lost a lot of its mojo.

Noise has taken the place of punk rock. People who play noise have no real aspirations to being part of the mainstream culture. Punk…

— Thurston Moore

I think I fish, in part, because it's an anti-social, bohemian business that, when gone about properly, puts you forever outside the mainstream culture…

— John Gierach

I’m glad mainstream culture is starting to catch up to where lesbian-feminism was 30 years ago.

— Alison Bechdel

I sometimes have the sense that I live my life as a writer with my nose pressed against the wide, shiny plate glass window…

— Jan Clausen

Look, when I started out, mainstream culture was Sinatra, Perry Como, Andy Williams, Sound of Music. There was no fitting into it then and…

— Bob Dylan

To make an absolutely gross generalization, I think a lot of people feel like if you're mixed, more often than not you're quote unquote…

— Keegan-Michael Key

I like the idea that you would participate in mainstream culture, especially for young girls and young kids who are looking for an alternative.…

— Emily Haines

You can only be this high-powered mojo rock band for so long, then you just can't look people in the eye. So, we've projected…

— Billy Corgan

If New Vegas foretells something about America's future, then the culture wars are all but over, and culture lost.

— Joel Stein

“It happens all too often - people regret that their language and culture are being lost but at the same time decide not to…

— Andrew Dalby

“Somehow something has gone wrong with poetry in our culture. We have lost touch with its purpose and value, and in doing so, we…

— Gregory Orr

“If two thousand five hundred languages are to be lost in the course of the twenty-first century, don’t be in any doubt about what…

— Andrew Dalby

What has our culture lost in 1980 that the avant-garde had in 1890? Ebullience, idealism, confidence, the belief that there was plenty of territory…

— Robert Hughes

“Pope Pius X said. “If we were to lose Mary,” the pope explained, “the world would wholly decay. Virtue would disappear, especially holy purity…

— Carrie Gress

With immigrant parents, they've had to sacrifice so much to survive, and they're trying to preserve the culture they lost, so there are just…

— Rupi Kaur