>Few can remember a time when music wasn’t a tool of
>self-definition, but until the second half of the twentieth
>century this was only a small part of a song’s appeal. For
>most people living in the world, circa 1920, music was
>embedded into their life, not chosen as a lifestyle accessory.

I know it's a small portion of the overall text, but it's pretty inaccurate if I'm even interpreting it the way he intends (it's a pretty vague idea he's addressing.)