Quotes About Relevance

I think in daily newspapers, the way comic strips are treated, it's as if newspaper publishers are going out of their way to kill the medium.

What 'Strong Island' does is bring a historical perspective and help people understand that what we're treating as a modern-day phenomenon is actually not modern. It's actually quite old.

It was then, I think, that I discovered that the best way of bringing a medieval subject home to my generation was not to be medieval in its treatment.

The old saying 'If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it - Does it still make a sound?' can be adapted to: 'If someone does something interesting on the Internet and nobody is around to talk about it - Did it still make an impact?'

I think origin stories are a great way to get people reinvested in a story. I mean, we originally accepted 'Star Trek' without knowing anything about Kirk or Spock. All we needed to know was that it took place in the future.

I don't feel there are enough women artists out there who are saying anything of tremendous relevance.

I don't believe that poetry is in danger because nobody wants to read it or appreciate it. There is a tremendous audience for it on any given day or night. You just have to know where to look.

Any trend that is developed too fast and is disposed right away is not going to have a lasting impression on the culture, you know?

I think it is good when something can stay interesting for a long time. It's not just a trend for one month.

Of course it was difficult accepting the change in TV trends. It all ended quite early for me. I was in my mid-30s, and I hadn't achieved everything I wanted. There's nothing on TV for people like me anymore. All they want are new young faces.

I think we have a great track record on being relevant, on identifying consumer trends, needs and wants.

What kind of music keeps its relevance? That's why I purposely try and avoid any particularly current trends in electronic music. I do actively stay away from the most popular rhythms of the moment. In six weeks' time, those will sound out-of-date.

So, I think it has to do with the product and what you take to the public. If they like it, they're going to come see you, and if they don't, and if you're kind of getting out of the trendy line of things, then they won't come see you.

Being trendy is dangerous. I've never been trendy, which is why I've never really fallen out of favour.

If it's a good song, it doesn't really matter if it's trendy or not. It will hit.

I like to do enough work to keep myself sharp and relevant without trying to be trendy.

I don't think you last very well in this business if you're trendy because trends come and go.

Everything that I was reading the New Testament - everything was applicable to daily life - trials and stuff I was going through, everything matched up.

So to compare the Beatles, obviously the Beatles are the Beatles, but in hip-hop terms, Tribe is the Beatles. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five are the Beatles. Big Daddy Kane is Jimi Hendrix. It means that much to people that grew up with it.

It is dangerous to become useless to God

All art forms possess liberty beyond space and time, yet grounded by urgency of now, and a breath of truth.

This is the only truth in the world that was necessary yesterday, is necessary today, and will continue to be necessary tomorrow: be conscious of now.

Timeless principles never age, and truth is as young as the day it was spoken into existence.

The profession of journalism ought to be about telling people what they need to know - not what they want to know.