“First the masters died, now their music is dying, because people only want to listen to pop, rock, and punk.”

— Elfriede Jelinek, book The Piano Teacher

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The Piano Teacher (1988)

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Austrian writer 1946

Jack Terricloth (1970)

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“It doesn’t matter if radio thinks it’s a dying genre, or if there are people who thinks it sounds like ‘this or this or that’. If you write a good song, and it’s pop-punk, people will like it; because pop-punk doesn’t really mean a whole lot: it just means that it’s got that pop catchiness to it, but it’s got that punk energy and speed, and stuff that makes you want to jump up and down or drive a car real fast; and that’s something that will never get old.”

Pierre Bouvier (1979) Canadian musician

Simple Plan: The 13th Floor Interview https://www.13thfloor.co.nz/simple-plan-the-13th-floor-interview/ (February 7, 2018)

“Rap music is the only vital form of music introduced since punk rock.”

Kurt Cobain (1967–1994) American musician and artist

As quoted in M.E.A.T (1991-09).
Interviews (1989-1994), Print

“Most people don’t listen to classical music at all, but to rock-and-roll or hillbilly songs or some album named Music To Listen To Music By…”

Randall Jarrell (1914–1965) poet, critic, novelist, essayist

“The Taste of the Age”, p. 12
A Sad Heart at the Supermarket: Essays & Fables (1962)

“Punk is musical freedom. It’s saying, doing and playing what you want. In Webster’s terms, ‘nirvana’ means freedom from pain, suffering and the external world, and that’s pretty close to my definition of Punk Rock.”

Kurt Cobain (1967–1994) American musician and artist

“McDonald's is a place to rock / It is a restaurant where they buy food to eat / It is a good place to listen to the music / People flock here to get down to the rock music.”

Wesley Willis (1963–2003) American singer-songwriter

Rock 'N Roll McDonald's
Lyrics, Solo

“Punk: "Story time is over, Rock. Every time you want to 'bring it,' because it belongs to me, I'm just going to take it!"”

Phil Brooks (1978) American professional wrestler and mixed martial artist

February 11, 2013
WWE Raw

“Pop music often tells you everything is OK, while rock music tells you that it's not OK, but you can change it.”

Bono (1960) Irish rock musician, singer of U2

Source: On the Move

“What came first – the music or the misery? Did I listen to the music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I listened to the music? Do all those records turn you into a melancholy person?”

Nick Hornby book High Fidelity

Source: High Fidelity

“All those rappers, they're the only glamorous people working in music now. The rock bands are rather drab, even the good ones. You definitely don't want to look at them. But some of those R&B people are very good.”

Bryan Ferry (1945) English musician

Source: Roxy Music legend Bryan Ferry unwinds in Paris, Talia Soghomonian, December 2002 http://www.musicomh.com/music/features/bryan-ferry.htm,

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