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Hip-hop has survived as a sonic practice more than anything else. It's an approach to music-making based in sampling and rhyming over beats, that's proven far more versatile than its detractors thought it would.

~Ann Powers

Topics: Anything Anything Else Approach Based Beats Else Far Hip-Hop More More Than Anything Over Practice Proven Rhyming Sampling Sonic Survived Than Thought Versatile Would

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A lot of artists feel it's not worth it to sign with a major label, because if you don't have a giganto hit, then you're not going to get a video made. You're not going to probably get much tour support. You're not going to get promotion. You're certainly not going to get a publicist who's going to pay much attention to you.

~Ann Powers

Topics: Artists Attention Because Certainly Feel Get Going Hit Label Lot Made Major Major Label Much Much Attention Not Worth It Pay Promotion Publicist Sign Support Then Tour Video Worth Worth It You

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I got the writing bug in the fourth grade when a poem of mine was published in the school newspaper. Music criticism came a little later, when I was in high school.

~Ann Powers

Topics: Bug Came Criticism Fourth Got Grade High High School Later Little Mine Music Newspaper Poem Published School Writing

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I enjoyed singing and playing guitar but didn't have the stamina to make music-making a career. In reality, writing was my real gift, and as soon as I figured that out I never looked back.

~Ann Powers

Topics: Back Career Enjoyed Figured Gift Guitar Looked Make Never Out Playing Real Reality Singing Soon Stamina Writing

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Women in music have always been associated with pop - with prettiness, theatricality, melodic hooks and dance beats.

~Ann Powers

Topics: Always Associated Beats Been Dance Hooks Melodic Music Pop Women

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Personally, I've realized that the tradition I thought of as too safe, too pretty, and too conventional is the space where women have been able to gain some practical ground. The area of music where we thought the status quo was really being upset - specifically hard rock - has actually remained the most male-dominated.

~Ann Powers

Topics: Able Actually Area Been Being Conventional Gain Ground Hard Hard Rock Most Music Personally Practical Pretty Quo Realized Really Remained Rock Safe Some Space Specifically Status Status Quo Thought Too Tradition Upset Where Women

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We have to ask ourselves why younger women don't feel the need to be right up front with their politics. Is that going to set us back or is that itself a sign of progress? I don't know the answer.

~Ann Powers

Topics: Answer Ask Back Feel Front Going Itself Know Need Ourselves Politics Progress Right Set Sign Up Us Why Women Younger

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To some extent, the idea that rock 'n roll used to have this sort of free antediluvian identity, frolicking in the 1950s with Elvis or something, is totally wrong. It's insane. Elvis' relationship with Colonel Parker, his manager, was one of the most possibly corrupt, certainly lucrative, and intense business partnerships ever in rock n' roll.

~Ann Powers

Topics: Business Certainly Colonel Corrupt Elvis Ever Extent Free His Idea Identity Insane Intense Lucrative Manager Most Parker Partnerships Possibly Relationship Rock Rock N Roll Roll Some Something Sort Totally Used Wrong 1950S

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You can't fool yourself anymore that your art is your art. When you're not getting paid for that song that's being traded back and forth among millions of people on the Internet, you have to think like a businessperson.

~Ann Powers

Topics: Among Anymore Art Back Being Fool Forth Getting Internet Like Millions Millions Of People Paid People Song Think Traded You Your Yourself

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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?

~Ann Powers

Topics: Definitely Effect General Hand Hits Mainstream Music Other Range Television Mtv

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: February 4th, 1964

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