Jonas Carpignano Quotes

#1. When I was growing up, hip-hop music existed as American thing. If you listened to it you were listening to an American subculture, whereas now you're just listening to pop music that everyone shares. I think that's big.

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#2. Pop stars exist in a different space, one not necessarily tied to a patriotism. So Rihanna is everyone's. She doesn't just belong to America, even though she's a creation of America.

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#3. One of the biggest dishes in Sicily is couscous, and there's always been a North African influence on Italian culture, culinary culture there.

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#4. Sicilians, Calabrians, Neapolitans - there were real differences between them, and then all of a sudden they're all living in the US, and then they're all Italians.

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#5. Even if it's just a little thing, something like a song, there's still that sort of common language, that common denominator that we can all relate to.

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