Hip-hop has survived as a sonic practice more than anything else. It's an approach to music-making based in sampling and rhyming over beats, that's proven far more versatile than its detractors thought it would. — Ann Powers Copy Share Image
I got the writing bug in the fourth grade when a poem of mine was published in the school newspaper. Music criticism came a… — Ann Powers Copy Share Image
MTV definitely has the effect of narrowing the range of music that hits the mainstream. On the other hand, isn't that the effect of… — Ann Powers Copy Share Image
“Loving music had pushed all of us off the track- away from the normal pursuit of career, mate, and family, on an endless quest… — Ann Powers Copy Share Image
Personally, I've realized that the tradition I thought of as too safe, too pretty, and too conventional is the space where women have been… — Ann Powers Copy Share Image
You can't fool yourself anymore that your art is your art. When you're not getting paid for that song that's being traded back and… — Ann Powers Copy Share Image
I enjoyed singing and playing guitar but didn't have the stamina to make music-making a career. In reality, writing was my real gift, and… — Ann Powers Copy Share Image
A lot of artists feel it's not worth it to sign with a major label, because if you don't have a giganto hit, then… — Ann Powers Copy Share Image
Hip-hop has survived as a sonic practice more than anything else. It's an approach to music-making based in sampling and rhyming over beats, that's… — Ann Powers Copy Share Image
To some extent, the idea that rock 'n roll used to have this sort of free antediluvian identity, frolicking in the 1950s with Elvis… — Ann Powers Copy Share Image
“There are times when I have had to make peace with the fact that I am at war.” — Ann Powers Copy Share Image
We have to ask ourselves why younger women don't feel the need to be right up front with their politics. Is that going to… — Ann Powers Copy Share Image
Women in music have always been associated with pop - with prettiness, theatricality, melodic hooks and dance beats. — Ann Powers Copy Share Image
