Quotes About Trends

Old is unwanted. You don't find Thais going to the thrift store. They want new clothes. They want the newest cell phone.

My feeling about the Internet or anything else is that the more it tends to become a cult, the more I want to call it into question.

Kids won't watch older movies - they want to see what's hip right now.

The Doobie Brothers' 'What a Fool Believes' makes me want to move. And I still haven't gotten over the Macarena. Who has?

People seem to want to read more nonfiction than fiction.

I believe that vinyl will outlast CDs. There's no reason for it, but it stays around because there are still people that want them.

And what do automobile companies do? They see something that's taking off and they want to mimic it, don't they?

Sometimes people run out and read a lot of books, but they don't absorb anything from them. They want to read the next popular book.

Everybody wants to go see the big hit [at the theatre]. Not because it's any good. Because it's the big hit and everybody wants to be able to talk about the big hit.

That middle ground of films used to be 70, 80, 90, 100; now it's like anything over 20 or under 140, the middle ground has become this huge area where they don't really want to be.

I try to maintain a high level of coolness. Which means I've gotta look at lot of magazines. I've gotta look at a lot of ads to see what people want to wear.

things that seem hopelessly random and unpredictable when viewed in isolation often turn out to be lawful and predictable when viewed in aggregate.

Zen discourse ranges from rejection to veneration with exorcistic trends never disappearing, and the haughty disdain for supernaturalism in some records coexists with full-scale syncretism that includes purification rites. This range in the levels of discourse of Japanese amalgamations offers many striking contrasts with the nonassimilative, intolerant interactions between Christianity and medieval European paganism.

I'm not sure about the selling part, but I've always found that the things I've worn on tour have moved over to what people wear every day. Sometimes the things I wore in the beginning before I had money were things I put together.

Buildings keep being pushed around by three irresistible forces—technology, money, and fashion.

Twenty-first-century American writers do not drink much.

In the early 19th century, they tried selling soap as healthy. No one bought it. They tried selling it as sexy, and everyone bought it.

Soccer has surpassed, in this country, hockey.

Pop culture is a reflection of social change, not a cause of social change.

Fashion has a political role insofar as following it can give you the impression to belonging to a certain social group or a private club.

I always say 'The Bachelor' doesn't create and drive social issues. We're a microcosm of what's happening in the world.

Social media... it's the future for the new generation.

Fashion is such an insider's club, but slowly, the playing field is evening out. Through social media, everyone can have a front-row seat.

One of the things I've become immune to is people talking about market cap and social media platforms.