Mainstream culture Quotes

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

— Thurston Moore

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

— Emily Haines

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

— Jan Clausen

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

— Alison Bechdel

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

— John Gierach

What stands out to me in America was all the police vs. citizens turmoil. It's decades of bad policing, bad schooling, racism,…

— Henry Rollins

I have a conflicted relationship with musicals, because I think the music itself can be so horrendous. It's an industry that relies…

— Colin Meloy

Toronto may be the only city where novels are integral to high art, the alternative scene and mainstream culture all at the…

— Stephen Marche

I think [audiences are] more aware now of the contradictions in mainstream culture, the phony piety that permeates society, the inhumane hypocrisy.

— Paul Krassner

Mainstream culture is like your mom: It's always a little late to catch on and gets easily confused by technology, but it…

— Chris Hardwick

I'm not really interested in participating in mainstream culture. Participating in the mainstream music business is, to me, like getting involved in…

— Steve Albini

In eras past, mainstream culture was blandly, blindly complacent, so underground music was angry and dissatisfied. But now, mainstream culture isn’t complacent,…

— Michael Azerrad