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title: "8 Cultural Music Quotes by 8 authors"
description: "Browse 8 Cultural Music quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Cultural Music sayings and thoughts."
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> [I think Edward Sharpe's music is counter-cultural music in the strangest sense where you have a time now where love, optimism, hope…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-ebert/i-think-edward-sharpe-s-music-is-counter-cultural-music-in-the/)

[Alex Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-ebert/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2d/alex-ebert-14444_community_i-think-edward-sharpe-s-music-is-counter_174024.jpg)

> [I spent two years figuring out how I could turn it into something that would satisfy me as a musician but also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damon-albarn/i-spent-two-years-figuring-out-how-i-could-turn-it-into-something/)

[Damon Albarn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damon-albarn/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73f/damon-albarn-11484_also_i-spent-two-years-figuring-out-how-i-cou_416028.png)

> [I like ethnic, local cultural music. When we travel, we look at faces, we look at the things people make, and music…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-harris/i-like-ethnic-local-cultural-music-when-we-travel-we-look-at-faces-we/)

[Richard Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-harris/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c16/richard-harris-15908_music_i-like-ethnic-local-cultural-music-when_673817.jpg)

> [I love traditional music. But in any culture around the world, there is the historic and cultural music and everything that's been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-robertson/i-love-traditional-music-but-in-any-culture-around-the-world-there-is/)

[Robbie Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-robertson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b79/robbie-robertson-5070_any_i-love-traditional-music-but-in-any-cult_923845.jpg)

> [I'm a big fan of cultural music, and that's how I try to expand my playing, by listening to music that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-vai/i-m-a-big-fan-of-cultural-music-and-that-s-how-i-try-to-expand-my/)

[Steve Vai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-vai/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30b/steve-vai-7290_big-fan_i-m-a-big-fan-of-cultural-music-and-that_1225929.jpg)

> [I was bred and raised in a multi-cultural music background.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/coco-lee/i-was-bred-and-raised-in-a-multi-cultural-music-background/)

[Coco Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/coco-lee/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a5/coco-lee-32654_backgrounds_i-was-bred-and-raised-in-a-multi-cultura_2150605.png)

> [I always love to use exciting colors from cultural music from around the world in my scores.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bear-mccreary/i-always-love-to-use-exciting-colors-from-cultural-music-from-around/)

[Bear McCreary](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bear-mccreary/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/636/bear-mccreary-4348_always_i-always-love-to-use-exciting-colors-fro_2450379.jpg)

> [No one has actually gone further than The Sex Pistols, I don't think, in that cultural music arena. They still challenge people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julien-temple/no-one-has-actually-gone-further-than-the-sex-pistols-i-don-t-think/)

[Julien Temple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julien-temple/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ee/julien-temple-51381_arena_no-one-has-actually-gone-further-than-th_2661901.jpg)

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