Alternative music Quote by Chris Cornell

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

Alternative music is no longer alternative once it’s in the mainstream.

— Kurt Cobain

I don't know where genre really comes from. I grew up with parents who were artists, and I was always interested in what music…

— Nils Frahm

I think a lot of people who become music fans have that moment where they break from their parents' music, they break from the…

— Ben Gibbard

There are people who will always want the genre, whatever it is, to stay traditional, to stay what it was like when you were…

— Thomas Rhett

When bands come from that underground scene and go into the mainstream, people just hate it. And it blows my mind. If you're saying…

— Laura Jane Grace

There is a difference these days between who's making the music and buying the music, in terms of the way that they think, grew…

— El-P

I liked experimenting with a lot of different styles. So, it always saddens me when I see young people, or even older people for…

— Travis Tritt

I guess I kind of don't like how there's such a pedestal for music culture and especially for band culture. It just feels fake;…

— Jack Conte

The relationship that people have with music is entirely different now. People spend much less time experiencing music on a one on one level…

— Jacob Bannon

I see that happening with hip hop purists now. Where you have an artist like a Kendrick [Lamar] or a Drake, who are really…

— Talib Kweli

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