Alternatives Quote by Alex Kapranos

Oftentimes you'll see stuff that makes it into the mainstream that has been influenced by things that are clearly not from the mainstream.

— Steve Buscemi

Mainstream's never appealed to me, really. I mean, I've become popular over the years in certain areas. But mainstream, you know, I would rather…

— RuPaul

I mean, maybe I'm alternative in that my stuff's not mainstream, doesn't want to be mainstream, could never be mainstream.

— Limmy

There's always something special about being down with something before it goes mainstream.

— Jason Johnson

I have no problem being mainstream. I grew up in the '90s when the mainstream was amazing.

— Jack Antonoff

I don't ever wanna be mainstream.

— Katya Zamolodchikova

I don't believe that to be mainstream you have to be foolish. I don't think you have to be a buffoon to sell. I…

— Mani Ratnam

I'm not mainstream at all. I can make mainstream music and I make music for mainstream artists, but me, myself, I'm not mainstream.

— Pharrell Williams

They praise these tiny indie bands, but if a band finally gets mainstream success, the same people who praised them attack them for 'selling…

— Kyle Baker

I've always given this line: 'I don't want to be in the mainstream, I want the mainstream to come to me.' And it did,…

— Peaches

I don't know if I would qualify as mainstream. I think I have managed to function pretty successfully on the fringes of the music…

— Pat Metheny

Mainstream success is important - that's probably anathema to an indie publication like Pitchfork, but it's what I believe having experienced it personally.

— Courtney Love