“We’re the iPod generation, that’s why Glee’s successful. We work on playlists - it’s not weird to have Barbra Streisand, Tupac, Lady GaGa and Nirvana on a playlist because we can gravitate to many different things, and the more eclectic you are, the cooler it is. Now you don’t have to compartmentalise yourself into anything. We are an ADD generation and I don’t mean as an age gap - all of us are a part of this thing, no matter if you’re 5 or 50, because of this access to so many different kinds of music. We can listen to ’50s music, wear ’60s fashion, be into ’70s movies, be into ’80s art. We can define ourselves by so many things.
~ Darren Criss discussing contemporary music ideology. (
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