Culture Quote by Bob Dylan

I'm not sure what kept me from the mainstream. I thought it was because I was too hard to pin down genre-wise.

— Princess Superstar

Every now and again, the alternative culture is cherished by the mainstream for what it is, rather than how it should be, like the…

— Thurston Moore

“songs, to me, were more important than just light entertainment. They were my preceptor and guide into some altered consciousness of reality. Some different…

— Bob Dylan

The culture I was first exposed to was hip-hop. Not even just music, but the culture - breakdancing, graffiti, freestyling, the clothing.

— Jelly Roll

I grew up listening to hip hop and embracing black culture, probably because it was 'outsider art.'

— Hiro Murai

I always thought that there was something in hip-hop culture that was the misfit of all the musical styles, where they didn't really belong.…

— Iggy Azalea

So much good music has been looked over because of preconceived notions of genre.

— Kamasi Washington

I grew up in my neighborhood with salsa, of course bachata, but also hip-hop, Nirvana - it was just like a mixed culture. It…

— Romeo Santos

When I was young, people were almost identified solely by the kind of music they liked. People fell into categories of who liked what.

— Sade Adu

When I grew up, there was a monoculture. Everybody listened to the same music on the radio. I miss monoculture. I think it's good…

— Robert Christgau

In terms of perceptions of the culture, most people don't think about music. They're not concerned with it. They don't take their musical legacy…

— Alan Bishop

A lot of people like mainstream country because they're not given another option of country music to like that's modern.

— Margo Price