“I’ve always played to rap songs because country music, I like it, but … I don’t wanna listen to it. I wanna listen to Kodak Black.”
Category: Girl Music
Girl Music, a series of articles about the people behind influential art and pop culture, especially lesser-known creators and artists who deserve their flowers.
Juno Rylee Schultz
Evil Vampire Woman | Rap Music and Banjo in a Tower
“I play along when I feel like I wanna play along. I can’t force myself to do something if my body and spirit aren’t being called to it.”
TUPAC AMARU SHAKUR | Artist, Rapper, and Son of a Black Panther
“They got money for wars, but can’t feed the poor.”
Elijah Myles | “Not Even Daydreaming, Actually Dreaming”
“Poetry will persist in any conditions. The medium will change but art will always continue on.”
André 3000, Big Boi, and OutKast | Prophetic Rap Music from the Dirty South
“I’m tired of folks … them closed-minded folks.
It’s like we got a demo tape and don’t nobody wanna hear it.
But it’s like this: the South got somethin’ to say. That’s all I got to say.”
Rivers Cuomo, Weezer, and the Blue Album | “Do You Believe What I Sing Now”
“ ’Yeah, let’s not be grunge. Let’s be more like the Beach Boys. But loud.’ ”
The White Stripes | Meg White and Jack White | “Hey Little Apple Blossom, Come and Tell Me What You’re Thinking”
“With the White Stripes, we were trying to trick people into not realizing we were playing the blues.”
My Bloody Valentine | Loveless | “Soft Like There’s Silk Everywhere”
“It definitely established this idea that a guitar didn’t have to sound like a guitar.”
Sofia Coppola’s The Virgin Suicides | The Elm Trees and Girls Left to Die in Our World
“We just want to live. If anyone would let us.”
The Music and Trees of Twin Peaks
“You’ve done the greatest magic trick ever in the history of television. We’re going to watch on Sunday and by the end no one’s going to be watching, but I want to congratulate you.”