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I don't care at all about the mainstream; I don't care about popularity contests; I don't care about who's got the biggest-selling album; and I don't care about glossy production.

— Phil Anselmo

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I'm gonna be honest. I don't care about much. I care about people liking my music. I made it very far without nothing being on radio.

— Action Bronson

People like Prince don't have to care about anything, but they care because they want music for the future to be great.

— Rita Ora

A lot of very popular mainstream artists are products of record companies and marketing companies, and any time anyone can stand outside of that, that's interesting.

— Marco Brambilla

If anybody is excited about my music, that's all I care about. I care about people who are excited about new music.

— Diplo

I'm not one of those artists who doesn't want to play their most popular songs.

— Tom Scholz

Popularity has everything to do with business and nothing to do with music.

— Donald Fagen

I love the history of popular music. I love to know what people are listening to, even if I don't like it.

— Tim Rice

Mainstream to me equals boring, so I don't want to be doing that.

— Marnie Stern

And since discriminating fans can pick and choose exactly what they want to buy, artists and their labels are more conscious than they've ever been of making sure that every song on a new album is as good as can be.

— Edgar Bronfman, Jr.

✗Opposing Perspectives

I pay attention to lyrics and I know what rap fans care about. I try to write for the average listener and I'm conscious of the mainstream without selling out.

— J. Cole