Quotes of: Contemporary-music Keyword

In believing too much in rationality, our contemporaries have lost something.

Krzysztof Kieslowski

Contemporary literature in the West has shown some signs of ethical change.

Lafcadio Hearn

I detest this contemporary trend to destroy the traditional hierarchy of genres.

Italo Calvino

I was listening to the first record the other day, and it sounds remarkably contemporary.

Chris Bailey

Contemporary thinkers would say that man is continuously transcending himself.

Gabriel Marcel

Never let oneself be guided by the opinion of one's contemporaries. Continue steadfastly on one's way.

Gustav Mahler

Hebrew as a contemporary language, especially for poetry, is no longer the language of the Bible; but neither is it not the language of the Bible.

Cynthia Ozick

When I was writing 'The Abstinence Teacher,' I really tried to immerse myself in contemporary American evangelical culture.

Tom Perrotta

Why is it that many contemporary male thinkers, especially men of color, repudiate the imperialist legacy of Columbus but affirm dimensions of that legacy by their refusal to repudiate patriarchy?

bell hooks

Unfortunately, the Church's position on most contemporary issues makes it hard to take them seriously.

Andres Serrano

I've been very lucky. I've written for most of my idols and the contemporaries.

Alan Zweibel

The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of work.

Simone Weil

To have a sense of contemporary ownership of Shakespeare is the most important thing to his work.

Tim Crouch

Downloadable music is the biggest musical phenomenon since the Beatles, and the music industry is slow to come to grips with that.

Chuck D

I'm not into music - the only music I like is musical theater, but I have every Ween album.

Jesse Eisenberg

Rock music is electronic music, dependent entirely on electronic circuitry and amplification.

John Frusciante

I grew up listening to a lot of soul music, and a lot of folk music.

Katey Sagal

Musically, New York is a big influence on me. Walk down the street for five minutes and you'll hear homeless punk rockers, people playing Caribbean music and reggae, sacred Islamic music and Latino music, so many different types of music.

Moby

I love that word. Forever. I love that forever doesn't exist, but we have a word for it anyway, and use it all the time. It's beautiful and doomed.

Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys.

I listen mostly to live music, and mostly my musical experience was playing music with other people.

Linda Ronstadt

In England, rock music very rarely infiltrates the charts, but country music even less so.

Joe Elliott