Quotes About Culture

'Evil men have no songs.' How is it that the Russians have songs?

I make no apologies for being a huge fan of radio songs.

Not many people know, but Pahari songs are amazing.

Songs sometimes are so connected to the sociology of the time.

I was a beach boy, and I believe I learned my songs from the birds of the Brazilian forest.

All of the songs my grandparents and parents listened to are called boleros - they're all love songs. They're about giving your heart to a person. It's a culture that is so romantic and passionate, and that's something that I'm very proud of. We grew up with nothing, so we just want to live a life full of love.

I grew up listening to Hindi and Marathi songs of Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosale.

Many pop songs seem to be more potent now than in their heyday.

The Beatles are great for everybody - they write the songs that made the whole world sing.

There are many songs that have become popular and people sing along with it without knowing the meaning of its lyrics.

We play our Irish songs a bit more loosely.

People have been writing songs and poems since the time we had brains.

In the '60s, when I was growing up, one of the great elements of American culture was the protest song. There were songs about the civil rights movement, the women's rights movement, the antiwar movement. It wasn't just Bob Dylan, it was everybody at the time.

In India, romantic and sad songs will never die.

I'm an American songwriter, and I write from a very American perspective, and so did the records I grew up listening to.

I have a history, and I am proud of my legacy as a songwriter, all of the songs that I've brought forth into our culture. I'm proud of that.

I'm a singer, songwriter from Mexico.

One thing we have to remember as songwriters is that we have to consider that country music is the country's music. That doesn't mean that everybody's rural.

People in Ireland take in the whole song. After a long history of great singers and songwriters and poets, they are able to consume the entire song - not just the external; they go inside.

When I came home my parents were listening to Pakistani Qawwali music, like Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, they're listening to music from Mali, like Ali Farka Toure, they're listening to Brazilian songwriters, like Gilberto Gil, to opera, to Neil Young even, things you don't hear as a kid in Caracas. I love all the music they turned me onto.

Obviously we're pop songwriters.

Songwriting I think, or any art form, the inspiration comes from your personal life or it can be from politics or region you live in.

Orchestras are like people. They're the sonic embodiment of their community.

Sonic Youth is one of my favorite bands.