I don’t know much about art/music/etc, but I know what I like

Origin of: I don’t know much about art/music/etc, but I know what I like

I don’t know much about art/music/etc, but I know what I like

This cliché is probably the number one cliché of all time and first appeared in Are You a Bromide? This was the title of a collection of clichés and platitudes compiled by the American humourist Gelett Burgess (1866-1951) and published as long ago as 1906.