“I heard Q-Tip on the Jungle Brothers' song 'The Promo.' It was very exciting. It was very new. The music and the culture around hip-hop was evolving. I think there's an emotional quality to their music and there's a vulnerability to the music. For me, A Tribe Called Quest was my Beatles.” ThinkingSongCultureQualityHeardEmotionalBrotherExcitingHip HopHipsEvolveVulnerabilityHopsQuestsTribesJungleTribe Called Quest Author:Michael Rapaport
“Dying people in pre-industrial cultures typically died in the context of an extended family, clan, or tribe.” PeopleCultureDyingDiedTribesClansExtended Family Author:Stanislav Grof
“If you are considering earning your living from your Element, it's important to bear in mind that you not only have to love what you do; you should also enjoy the culture and the tribes that go with it.” IfsShouldMindImportantCultureEnjoyBearsElementsConsideringEarningTribes Author:Ken Robinson
“Look at native cultures - they've lasted for tens of thousands of years, not doing everything right. We wouldn't want to emulate them in many ways, but their basic philosophies - being a part of nature, a part of a tribe or group without elevating, not what you call dominator philosophies - they lasted for tens of thousands of years. It took us to come and put them asunder.” WayWantYearsLooksPhilosophyCultureGroupsNativeTribesEmulateElevating Author:Tom Shadyac
“We are a revitalized tribe. After every major upheaval, we have been able to gather together as a people to rebuild a community and a government. Individually and collectively, Cherokee people possess an extraordinary ability to face down adversity and continue moving forward. We are able to do that because our culture, though certainly diminished, has sustained us since time inmemorial. This Cherokee culture is a well-kept secret.” PeopleWellsHas BeensGovernmentAbleTogetherFacesMovingCultureCommunityAbilitySecretMajorsAdversityExtraordinaryMoving ForwardTribesUpheavalKept SecretsCherokee Author:Wilma Mankiller
“Animism characterizes tribes very low in the scale of humanity, and thence ascends, deeply modified in its transmission, but from first to last preserving an unbroken continuity, into the midst of high modern culture.” FirstsLastsHumanityCultureModernLowsScalesMidstTribesContinuityUnbrokenTransmissionModern CultureAnimism Book:Primitive Culture Source: Primitive Culture