Popular culture is a contradiction in terms. If it's popular, it's not culture.
My background is that I've spent a lot of time marketing entertainment. One of the old saws in package goods is you can take something that is popular and you can make it more popular. But if you take something less popular, you can't automatically m...
If our cultural lives are sick, it is likely to be an impediment to our spiritual lives. Much popular culture promotes a spirit of restlessness. That is likely to be an obstacle to prayer, to concerned reflection, and to attentiveness to the needs of...
Popularity gets up people's noses. But I understand the importance and the function of popular music. There is an artistic purpose. Popular music helps people to develop a curiosity and leads them towards classical music.
It's the latest popular song," declared the phonograph, speaking in a sulky tone of voice. "A popular song?" "Yes. One that the feeble-minded can remember the words of and those ignorant of music can whistle or sing. That makes a popular song popular...
Popularity is the small change of glory.
I want to produce the best popular music I can.
I think country music is popular - has been popular and will always be popular because I think a lot of real people singing about a lot of real stuff about real people. And it's simple enough for people to understand it. And we kind of roll with the ...
Popular agitation leads to justice.
Popular culture is filled with girls.
Ultimately the Emmys are a popularity contest.
Popular music formed the soundtrack of my life.
What's funny is that the idea of popularity - even the use of the word 'popular' - is something that had been mostly absent from my life since junior high. In fact, the hallmark of life after junior high seemed to be the shedding of popularity as a c...
Art has never been a popularity contest.
All language is a popularity contest.
Popular music sucks so bad right now.
Popular music has always had its really horrendous stuff.
Studies have shown that, at least among students, popularity equals visibility.
You can tell how popular a church is by who comes on Sunday morning. You can tell how popular the pastor or evangelist is by who comes on Sunday night. But you can tell how popular Jesus is by who comes to the prayer meeting.
What's right isn't always popular, and whats popular isn't always right.
I'm somebody who's really contributed to culture. Popular culture.
