Country music, the music of the white rural working class, has often been mocked by elitists whose understanding of power and art was shaped at expensive private schools. – Will Shetterly
Is art influential? It can be – ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ rallied abolitionists, and ‘The Jungle’ provoked the demand for a safer food industry. – Will Shetterly
There’ve always been people in the borderland between childhood and adulthood. That state is not a matter of chronological age. It’s a matter of understanding that you can accept a future that has been defined by the previous generation, or you can reject it and make something new. – Will Shetterly
Many elitists hate rap as much as they hate country, though they don’t like to admit it for fear of appearing racially insensitive. – Will Shetterly
