--- title: "25 Culture Music Quotes by 23 authors" description: "Browse 25 Culture Music quotes by 23 authors. Discover the best Culture Music sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/721/confucius-164_backbone_character-is-the-backbone-of-our-human-c_879324.jpg" --- > [Character is the backbone of our human culture. Music is the flowering of character.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/character-is-the-backbone-of-our-human-culture-music-is-the-flowering/) [Confucius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/confucius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/721/confucius-164_backbone_character-is-the-backbone-of-our-human-c_879324.jpg) > [There's so much culture, so much music and so many different people from all walks of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lola-young/there-s-so-much-culture-so-much-music-and-so-many-different-people/) [Lola Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lola-young/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13b/lola-young-8374_culture_there-s-so-much-culture-so-much-music-an_788449.jpg) > [Just immerse yourself in the culture of the music - it will open some doors for you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-louis-walker/just-immerse-yourself-in-the-culture-of-the-music-it-will-open-some/) [Joe Louis Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-louis-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96e/joe-louis-walker-30865_culture_just-immerse-yourself-in-the-culture-of_2155602.jpg) > [I'm not afraid to embrace different music and different culture and put it in the music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dizzee-rascal/i-m-not-afraid-to-embrace-different-music-and-different-culture-and/) [Dizzee Rascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dizzee-rascal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cb/dizzee-rascal-3150_afraid_i-m-not-afraid-to-embrace-different-musi_105751.png) > [I have a great affection for Indian culture and music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mclaughlin/i-have-a-great-affection-for-indian-culture-and-music/) [John McLaughlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mclaughlin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cd/john-mclaughlin-10405_affection_i-have-a-great-affection-for-indian-cult_1327543.jpg) > [I try to put my culture in all my music, as much as I can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-wolf/i-try-to-put-my-culture-in-all-my-music-as-much-as-i-can/) [Karl Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-wolf/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1e/karl-wolf-57910_culture_i-try-to-put-my-culture-in-all-my-music_1096838.jpg) > [World events can shape culture. Music is either a soundtrack for or a narration of changing times. And who knows how that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-a-reid/world-events-can-shape-culture-music-is-either-a-soundtrack-for-or-a/) [L.A. Reid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-a-reid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d84/l-a-reid-29739_culture_world-events-can-shape-culture-music-is_1816359.jpg) > [I think there is no culture in which music is not very important and central. That's why I think of us as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-sacks/i-think-there-is-no-culture-in-which-music-is-not-very-important-and/) [Oliver Sacks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-sacks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f88/oliver-sacks-2132_culture_i-think-there-is-no-culture-in-which-mus_151741.jpg) > [Culture and, within culture, music are the best and most fascinating thing that the German capital has to offer internationally. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-rattle/culture-and-within-culture-music-are-the-best-and-most-fascinating/) [Simon Rattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-rattle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84a/simon-rattle-11291_culture_culture-and-within-culture-music-are-the_2526116.jpg) > [We have harmonies, folk songs, and compositions attached to each occasion - ranging from birth, harvest, to our festivals. Our country thrives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shankar-mahadevan/we-have-harmonies-folk-songs-and-compositions-attached-to-each/) [Shankar Mahadevan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shankar-mahadevan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf8/shankar-mahadevan-6080_country_we-have-harmonies-folk-songs-and-composi_2911014.jpg) > [I think this whole division between the genres has more to do with marketing than anything else. It's terrible for the culture…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/i-think-this-whole-division-between-the-genres-has-more-to-do-with/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a7/tom-waits-916_culture_i-think-this-whole-division-between-the_1926113.jpg) > [Most people have a passive relationship with music and clothes, with culture. But music was my first contact with anything creative. Music…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-freeman/most-people-have-a-passive-relationship-with-music-and-clothes-with/) [Martin Freeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-freeman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fba/martin-freeman-1860_clothes_most-people-have-a-passive-relationship_1741567.png) > [With 'Stillness', I don't think I appreciated how very codified all the different genres were in radio formats and the various constituencies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-longstreth/with-stillness-i-don-t-think-i-appreciated-how-very-codified-all-the/) [David Longstreth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-longstreth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96b/david-longstreth-8561_culture_with-stillness-i-don-t-think-i-appreciat_3070641.jpg) > [How you act, walk, look and talk is all part of Hip Hop culture. And the music is colorless. Hip Hop music…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/afrika-bambaataa/how-you-act-walk-look-and-talk-is-all-part-of-hip-hop-culture-and-the/) [Afrika Bambaataa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/afrika-bambaataa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62a/afrika-bambaataa-11009_black_how-you-act-walk-look-and-talk-is-all-pa_3113512.jpg) > [Even though we were influenced by American culture and music, we like the rest of Europe have been colonized with that in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-mallinder/even-though-we-were-influenced-by-american-culture-and-music-we-like/) [Stephen Mallinder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-mallinder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a4/stephen-mallinder-17708_american-culture_even-though-we-were-influenced-by-americ_852201.jpg) > [We have allowed our youths to buy into a culture (hip hop) that has been perverted, corrupted and overtaken by prison culture.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-whitlock/we-have-allowed-our-youths-to-buy-into-a-culture-hip-hop-that-has/) [Jason Whitlock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-whitlock/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ff/jason-whitlock-4873_attitude_we-have-allowed-our-youths-to-buy-into-a_1877771.png) > [In '77 there was no Internet, there was no Twitter or Facebook, and I think that, without being some old git who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jones/in-77-there-was-no-internet-there-was-no-twitter-or-facebook-and-i/) [Steve Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a18/steve-jones-19426_absorb_in-77-there-was-no-internet-there-was-no_213865.jpg) > [New Orleans is just so full of culture in the music content - blues, folk. I was introduced to a lot of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luke-james/new-orleans-is-just-so-full-of-culture-in-the-music-content-blues/) [Luke James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luke-james/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/314/luke-james-10782_blues_new-orleans-is-just-so-full-of-culture-i_1816079.jpg) > [Anyone interested in the world generally can't help being interested in young adult culture - in the music, the bands, the books,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-mahy/anyone-interested-in-the-world-generally-can-t-help-being-interested/) [Margaret Mahy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-mahy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e66/margaret-mahy-9662_adults_anyone-interested-in-the-world-generally_199221.jpg) > [I think I realised, at teachers' training school, that I felt that the culture that I came from, the Sámi culture, was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mari-boine/i-think-i-realised-at-teachers-training-school-that-i-felt-that-the/) [Mari Boine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mari-boine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69d/mari-boine-83768_asks_i-think-i-realised-at-teachers-training_597699.jpg) > [The superior person tries to promote music as a means to the perfection of human culture. When such music prevails, and people's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/the-superior-person-tries-to-promote-music-as-a-means-to-the/) [Confucius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/confucius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd0/confucius-164_appearance_the-superior-person-tries-to-promote-mus_190092.jpg) > [Maybe it's naïve, but I would love to believe that once you grow to love some aspect of a culture-its music, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/maybe-it-s-na-ve-but-i-would-love-to-believe-that-once-you-grow-to/) [David Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-byrne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a9/david-byrne-1206_aspect_maybe-it-s-na-ve-but-i-would-love-to-bel_2650810.jpg) > [It's terrible for the culture of music. Like anything that is purely economic, it ignores the most important component.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/it-s-terrible-for-the-culture-of-music-like-anything-that-is-purely/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b6/tom-waits-916_components_it-s-terrible-for-the-culture-of-music-l_1332919.jpg) > [Capoeira is a game, it is dance, it is fight, it is of war and it is of peace, it is of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reinaldo-ramos-suassuna/capoeira-is-a-game-it-is-dance-it-is-fight-it-is-of-war-and-it-is-of/) [Reinaldo Ramos Suassuna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reinaldo-ramos-suassuna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/584/reinaldo-ramos-suassuna-272131_art_capoeira-is-a-game-it-is-dance-it-is-fig_200192.png) > [I was in Paris last year, where there's a great appreciation of many different aspects of African culture and of black culture.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lenny-kravitz/i-was-in-paris-last-year-where-there-s-a-great-appreciation-of-many/) [Lenny Kravitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lenny-kravitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b8/lenny-kravitz-1836_african-culture_i-was-in-paris-last-year-where-there-s-a_1025676.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/culture-music/#itemlist", "name": "Culture Music Quotes", "numberOfItems": 25, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Character is the backbone of our human culture. 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