"Maggot Brain is a state of mind. And then, the condition and position of your ass. Free your mind. Free your mind. Free your mind. Think - it ain't illegal yet. Think - it ain't illegal yet. Think - it ain't illegal yet." - George Clinton
"I was wiser at 30 than I am now. My judgment was better at 12. If you look out the windshield of a Hyundai or a Bentley, you see the same road." - Bill Withers, born this day in 1938.
"Everyone—whether straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender—should be allowed to show their true colors, and be accepted and loved for who they are." - Cyndi Lauper
"To me, the blues is an infection. I don't think it's necessarily a melancholy thing; the blues can be really positive and I think anyone and everyone can have a place for the blues. It need not always be a woeful, sorrowful thing. It's more reflective; it reminds you to feel. My template for most songs is 'Is this inspiring?' and with the blues, it so often is." - Mick Fleetwood, born this day in 1947.
"Jerry Garcia was 18, I was 19. Our real musical connection came when he poached my guitar. [Laughs.] Well, it wasn’t my guitar. Then Jerry asked if he could borrow it from me and he never gave it back. I wasn’t altogether pleased with that but, in facility with the thing, there was no question it was in better hands." - Robert Hunter, born this day in 1941.
"If I had to do my life over, I would change every single thing I have done. In the end you become part of everything you hate, basically." - Ray Davies, born this day in 1944.
"I have stage fright every single concert I've ever done. I have at least four or five minutes of it. It's absolute living hell." - Brian Wilson, born this day in 1942.
"I think there's something extraordinarily nice about seeing the dawn up before one goes to bed. There's something uncanny about it." - Nick Drake, the patron saint of night owls like me, born this day in 1948.
"I used to think anyone doing anything weird was weird. Now I know that it is the people that call others weird that are weird." - Paul McCartney, born this day in 1942.
"The reason I started with prostitutes was solely to work on my negotiating skills. Once I mastered negotiating with naked women, dealing with Interscope was a piece of cake." - Rivers Cuomo, born this day in 1970.
"It's very difficult for me to dislike an artist. No matter what he's creating, the fact that he's experiencing the joy of creation makes me feel like we're in a brotherhood of some kind. We're in it together." - Chick Corea, born this day in 1941.
"The idea of 'Spoonful' was that it doesn't take a large quantity of anything to be good. If you have a little money when you need it, you're right there in the right spot, that'll buy you a whole lot." - Chester Burnett (Howlin' Wolf), born this day in 1910.
"I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day." - Dean Martin, born this day in 1917.