MTV definitely has the effect of narrowing the range of music that hits the mainstream. On the other hand, isn't that the effect of television in general?
I think there are people who really always have and always will care about the quality of music in general, about the sound of the music, things like that.
I don't generally listen to music while working, but sometimes music can help me get past minor writer's block.
The advent of electronically synthesized sound after World War II has unquestionably had enormous influence on music in general.
Their eagerness for the big-band music and their ability to grasp the essence of it made me realize that today's generation has not been properly exposed to the big-band sound.
My general take on American music since 1969 is that it's just getting stiffer and people are getting more uptight - audience, performance, and palace guard.
Generally, I like Indian music because the melodies are usually not too complex, which is how I like music, and that's the way I write music.
You know, the BBC had not been particularly generous in its deliverance of blues and esoteric kinds of music.
I'm just out of touch with new music in general, and I only know about it if I'm hanging out with someone that knows about it, or I catch it on YouTube.
Obama is the New Generation and the hot light of a dawn that goes way beyond clever talk of morning in America.
A vigorous temper is not altogether an evil. Men who are easy as an old shoe are generally of little worth.
I think in general, novels by men tend to be taken more seriously than novels by women.
In a general way, anything that affects men is taken more seriously than anything that affects only women.
Men should be either treated generously or destroyed, because they take revenge for slight injuries - for heavy ones they cannot.
When men attempt bold gestures, generally it's considered romantic. When women do it, it's often considered desperate or psycho.
Men generally are afraid of a wife who has more understanding than themselves.
A lot of panel programmes rely on men topping each other, or sparring with each other, which is not generally a very female thing.
It's so tough to get movies made in Ireland anymore. A whole generation of Irish filmmakers doesn't have the resources to get a movie made.
I hate dream sequences in movies and T.V. shows generally for their heavy-handed symbolism and storytelling tediousness.
Elaine Miller: Look at this: an entire generation of Cinderellas and there's no glass slipper.
Major General Urquhart: I thought everyone knew that God was a Scotsman.
