Category Archives: Quotable
Bukowski, “Some People”
Some people never go crazy. Me, sometimes I’ll lie down behind the couch for 3 or 4 days. They’ll find me there. It’s Cherub, they’ll say, and they pour wine down my throat rub my chest sprinkle me with oils. … Continue reading
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Words: Duane Denison, The Jesus Lizard
“For years I never used a pedal board — between David Yow and the audience, I couldn’t. We had to adopt a three-second rule, like in basketball, just to deal with stage-diving: Do your thing and get off the stage. … Continue reading
Words: Anthony Bourdain
“Too much respect for your elders is, historically, almost always a bad thing. I want my daughter to love me. I don’t necessarily want her to share my taste for Irish ale or Hawaiian bud.” — Anthony Bourdain, Medium Raw: … Continue reading
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Words: Tommy Guerrero
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
“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
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
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
“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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