Art & Creativity Quote by Danny Masterson

There is something almost aggressively casual about Masterson's "and what not" that tells you more than the name-dropping ever could. The quote isn’t trying to prove he has rare taste; it’s trying to position him as legible. In the late-90s/early-2000s celebrity ecosystem that made actors into lifestyle props, saying you’re "really into '70s music" functions like a shortcut: you’re not manufactured, you’re not disposable pop, you’ve got "real" preferences with a pre-approved stamp of authenticity.

The specific picks matter. The Rolling Stones and The Doors aren’t deep cuts; they’re classic-rock passport stamps, the kind that communicate attitude without requiring expertise. The subtext is less "I love these bands" than "I’m aligned with a certain masculine cool: rebellious, analog, leather-jacket adjacent". It’s a safe kind of edge, an establishment-approved rebellion that flatters the speaker as someone with grit and taste, without risking alienation.

Contextually, it fits a familiar actor-interview performance: the public wants relatability and a whiff of subcultural credibility, and classic rock is a low-stakes way to offer both. The decade reference also telegraphs nostalgia for an era the speaker didn’t meaningfully experience as a fan, which is the point. '70s rock becomes an inherited identity - a way to borrow mythology (freedom, danger, authenticity) and wear it like a costume that always fits.