“Most of my ukulele heroes were traditional players from Hawaii, like Eddie Kamae and Ohta-san. There may not be uke stars in popular culture, but there are certainly pop stars that play uke - George Harrison, Eddie Vedder, Taylor Swift, Train, and Paul McCartney.” MayPlayCultureStarsPlayerHeroTrainPopsTraditionalHawaiiPopular CulturePop StarsUkulele Author:Jake Shimabukuro
“As much as I can, as much as I can afford, I keep ticket prices down. Rock 'n' roll was developed as the people's voice, the people's art, it was grassroots. I don't believe that the people should be estranged from their rock stars. They're not kings and queens - all rock stars are those who are able to give back a bit of culture to other people. It's people's heritage.” PeopleGivingShouldBelieveArtI CanAbleCultureStarsBitsVoiceRocksKingsDon't BelieveQueensHeritageRock N RollTicketsGiving BackRock StarGrassrootsKings And Queens Author:Patti Smith
“I feel like I was hit by all of geek culture at once while I was growing up in the '70s and '80s. Saturday morning cartoons like 'Star Blazers' and 'Robotech.' Live action Japanese shows like 'Ultraman' and 'The Space Giants.'” FeelsShowsActionCultureStarsSpaceMorningGrowing UpGrowingGiantsSaturdayCartoon80sGeekBlazersSaturday Morning Author:Ernest Cline
“Perhaps these ancient observatories like Stonehenge perennially impress modern people because modern people have no idea how the Sun, Moon, or stars move. We are too busy watching evening television to care what's going on in the sky.” PeopleIdeasCareMovingCultureStarsSunSkyModernTelevisionMoonBusyAncientEveningNo IdeaImpressToo BusySun MoonStonehenge Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“James Taylor may be an all-American boy but he isn't Horatio Alger, and the lionizing of many rock stars by the rock press has as much to do with old fashioned rags-to-riches stories as does the straight culture's deification of its idols.” MayDoeStoriesCultureStarsBoysRocksPressesRichesIdolsOld FashionedRock StarRagsHoratioRags To Riches Author:Jon Landau
“We've kind of grown up in a post-Star Wars era, and what Star Wars did to cinema, in terms of an explosion of that kind of blockbuster culture. It's thrown up a generation of geeks. With the evolution of computer games and the Internet, that's all impacted on us as a generation, and affected the creative element of that generation enormously. So whereas the different schools of filmmaking...” KindDifferentWarSchoolCultureGamesStarsTermCreativeGenerationsEvolutionInternetElementsComputerErasPostsCinemaThrownAffectedFilmmakingGeekExplosionsBlockbusterComputer Games Author:Simon Pegg
“My dad has always been such a great dad, and he's brought so much culture to my life. He dragged me to see every single movie at the cinématheque as a kid. I saw everything from Star Wars to Bergman.” WarKidsCultureStarsSawsDadMy DadBergmanGreat Dad Author:Julie Delpy
“Imagine what our culture would be like if Americans sold ideas, words, and books with the same creativity we use to sell designer jeans, shampoo, and rock stars. Why, we might end up with people whos attention span for the printed word is longer than the time it takes to read a T-shirt.” PeopleIfsBookIdeasEndsUseMightWould BeCultureStarsAttentionCreativityImagineRocksSellsShirtsDesignerJeansT ShirtRock StarPrintedAttention SpanShampooPrinted Word Author:Jim Trelease
“I love pop culture. I love gossiping about all the different stars.” DifferentCultureStarsPopsPop Culture Author:Jon M. Chu