Quotes About Culture

Athens is one of those cities that is very livable. And it's inexpensive. You can get by. And that makes for creativity. So people tend to stay there. I still have some friends there that never left.

We came along at a time when people were really focused on music. We were part of the second generation of bands after all of those great 60's bands when rock was still in its' infancy.

I had always been told by my parents, not implicitly told, but every inference was that Britain was the hub of the universe.

Although I wrote a book about infidelity around the world, I ended up concluding that fidelity is quite a good idea.

If a show is wickedly, hugely popular, like 'Mad Men,' I assume that the masses, in their infinite inferiority to me, don't know what good TV is and that everyone is just brainwashed.

I've been as bad an influence on American literature as anyone I can think of.

The romance of English football is fantastic, but it has lost its identity under the influence of other cultures.

Many bad books have had great influence.

There's this moment happening in our culture where the power of the audience and the influence that people of color have is undeniable at this point.

There would never have been a British Ballet without Diaghilev. He had a wonderful influence.

Doolittle was a major influence on the Seattle grunge scene, which emerged in the early 1990s.

Anybody is influenced by where and how he lives.

Growing up in any big city, you get exposed to so many beautiful cultures. I've grown up with a lot of open eyes around me that's influenced my eyes to open.

Australia is so influenced by America. It's kind of in-between the U.K. and the States.

It was the part of Gambian culture where they give each other advice a lot, how they're always comparing things in order to get a message across... that really influenced the way I write.

I was kind of influenced by the hip-hop culture.

I used to watch my mother cooking when I was a child; she influenced me a lot.

Of course, I have been influenced by my Punjabi and Hariyanvi roots.

Billions of people have seen and been influenced by movies in the short history of this industry.

I was just going more for what I've always been influenced by, European music.

I have been as influenced by music and films as by books.

The art from the East is influenced by nature and touch. That comes from being more attuned to the environment.

I was very influenced by the films of the '70s.

G.O.O.D. Music is on top because G.O.O.D. Music is the culture. When you think of, you know, just every aspect from music, influence, fashion, art level. If it's not G.O.O.D Music, then it's somebody who was influenced heavily by G.O.O.D. Music.