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My definition of country music is really pretty simple. It's when someone sings about their life and what they know, from an authentic place. -- Taylor Swift
What I believe to be jazz is constructed and improvised music which is in the air right now. But I don't think that's most people's definition of jazz, you know? We don't know what we're talking about, because we don't know the definition. -- John Lurie
I do think I'm country, but your definition of that word might be different from my definition. In my opinion, country music, the sound of country, has always evolved. But the one thing that has not changed is the story element. And I think country songs are truthful songs about life written by country people. -- Sam Hunt
It's always difficult to define what jazz is or what jazz isn't. To me, the only definition that I can think of is it's music where a lot of different elements are played at the same time. The harmonic, the melodic... You're pushing the boundaries on every level. That could be true of rhythm and blues as well. I'm a musician. -- David Sanborn
My definition of hip hop is taking elements from many other spheres of music to make hip hop. Whether it be breakbeat, whether it be the groove and grunt of James Brown or the pickle-pop sounds of Kraftwerk or Yellow Magic Orchestra, hip hop is also part of what they call hip-house now, or trip hop, or even parts of drum n' bass. -- Afrika Bambaataa
I mainly play traditional music, which by definition is music that you've heard someone else doing. -- John Spiers
For me, hardcore is simply unapologetic music, free of rules. By that definition, we are a hardcore band. -- Jacob Bannon
The folk music definition has changed in this fast music world and musical styles are blending really quickly. -- Trey Anastasio
Alan [Lomax] and his father started off changing the definition of folk music from something ancient and anonymous to something very contemporary. -- Pete Seeger
I guess everyone has their own definition of what folk is or pop or whatever. I find it incredibly hard to describe music these days. -- Ed Droste
I'm not too embarrassed to say I'm the definition of the target audience. This is my generation, the one of exalting music in album form. -- Jonathan Lethem

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