Category Archives: Quotable

Words: Tommy Guerrero

Posted on July 3, 2010 by Max Sidman

Can you walk us through the songwriting and recording process for your solo efforts? Plug in and go. It’s all very spontaneous. I don’t make demos/scratch tracks, so what you hear is of the moment, but finishing a tune is … Continue reading →

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Words: John Steinbeck

Posted on November 19, 2009 by Max Sidman

“I have always lived violently, drunk hugely, eaten too much or not at all, slept around the clock or missed two nights of sleeping, worked too hard and too long in glory, or slobbed for a time in utter laziness. … Continue reading →

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Words: Steve Albini

Posted on November 16, 2009 by Max Sidman

Photo: AV Club “The bands that get adopted by the tools of commerce as soundtrack music, they are not being used for their cultural importance. They are just being used because they are recognizable music. You hear Iggy Pop’s ‘Lust … Continue reading →

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Words: Wynton Marsalis

Posted on October 24, 2009 by Max Sidman

CNN: You write that jazz leaves room for individual creativity, but you have to listen and allow the other musicians to participate equally. So what’s the lesson for the nation? MARSALIS: We have to have an overall cultural objective, which … Continue reading →

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Words: Nick Hornby

Posted on September 5, 2009 by Max Sidman

“Keeping in touch with the things that help us feel alive – music, books, movies, even the theatre, if, mysteriously, you are that way inclined – becomes a battle, and one that many of us lose, as we get older; … Continue reading →

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