#popular

Once you decide that it is the art that is important and not how popular and well received you are, you no longer have an albatross. ↗

— Stephen Stills

#decide #how #important #longer #once

I've never personally criticized anyone else's music, but I know that the public's real problem is not the music I make but the perception that I play simple music for money only and for the notoriety and to increase my popularity. ↗

— Kenny G

#criticized #else #i #increase #know

There's been a shift: Country music is popular music now. Every other genre wants to come over to our land. ↗

— Miranda Lambert

#come #country #country music #every #genre

Art has never been a popularity contest. ↗

— James Levine

#been #contest #never #popularity #popularity contest

Employer contribution pension plans have become increasingly popular throughout the past two decades. ↗

— Ron Lewis

#contribution #decades #employer #increasingly #past

I think sometimes an artist can really lose sight of what made them popular in the first place. ↗

— Chris Lowe

#first #i #i think #lose #made

There are others who aim at popularity under the disguise of patriotism. ↗

— Jonathan Mayhew

#disguise #others #patriotism #popularity #under

Overall, I think Michael Jordan is the greatest athlete in any particular sport. He dominated the game for the Chicago Bulls and brought the NBA to its greatest peak of popularity. ↗

— Will McDonough

#athlete #brought #bulls #chicago #dominated

To me, being popular means I've got more friends. You've got to watch who your friends are, if you want to get close to them, but I've got a lot of acquaintances. And then, you've got to be real careful who your friends are, because you never know why they're your friend. ↗

— Reba McEntire

#be real #because #being #careful #close

In America, educators punish those who actually think for themselves. There is only acceptance for popular opinion. ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

#actually #america #educators #only #opinion