"I was eating in a Chinese restaurant downtown. There was a dish called Mother and Child Reunion. It's chicken and eggs. And I said, I gotta use that one." - Paul Simon, born this day in 1941.
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"When I die they'll say, 'He couldn't play shit but he sure made it sound good." - Hound Dog Taylor
"We formed a band where nobody could play and pursued punk ethics to the numb-teenth degree. We were only supposed to be The Gang Of Four’s support band." - Jon Langford (The Mekons)
"As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot." - John Lennon, born this day in 1940.
"Songs don't wear out. Good songs are good now. If they were a comfort during those hard times in the past, they'll be a comfort in today's age." - Levon Helm
"One of the interesting things here is that the people who should be shaping the future are politicians. But the political framework itself is so dead and closed that people look to other sources, like artists, because art and music allow people a certain freedom." - Thom Yorke, born this day in 1968.
"They said, 'If we put you in first class with Brian Wilson, will you do it?' So I flew after not having flown in eight years. If there's one person who doesn't like flying as much as me, it's Brian. I figured if the plane goes down, I'll go with a great genius and will always have my name connected with his." - Matthew Sweet, born this day in 1964.
"If I hold back, I'm no good. I'm no good. I'd rather be good sometimes, than holding back all the time." - Janis Joplin, lost this day in 1970.
"I use heavy strings, tune low, play hard, and floor it. Floor it. That's technical talk." - Stevie Ray Vaughan, born this day in 1954.
"I usually don't think of anyone ever suspecting that I might be someone who'd cry at stuff. I cry at movies all the time. And sometimes it really pisses me off because I hate it when they're just jerking my chain and it's just like completely manipulative." - Richard Hell, born this day in 1949.
"I look at my people, and I look at those who control them - the political elite. And the sad thing is that the elites are just not interested in the welfare of the people." - Youssou N'Dour, born this day in 1959. Sound familiar.
"If God were to appear in my room, obviously I would be in awe, but I don't think I would be humble. I might cry, but I think he would dig me like crazy." - Marc Bolan of T. Rex, born this day in 1947.
"Anybody can play. The note is only 20 percent. The attitude of the motherfucker who plays it is 80 percent." - Miles Davis
"It's just pure noise for the hell of it. The fun is in watching people's faces. That's why we light the audience up, to see their discomfort." - Kevin Shields
"Blind faith in your leaders, or in anything, will get you killed." - Bruce Springsteen, born this day in 1949.
"To act on a bad idea is better than to not act at all. Sometimes this idea can be the smallest thing in the world, a little flame that you hunch over and cup with your hand, and pray will not be extinguished by the storm that howls about it. If you could hold onto that flame, great things could construct around it, that are massive and powerful and world changing, all held up by the tiniest of ideas." - Nick Cave
"Never make a decision when you need to pee." - Leonard Cohen, born this day in 1934.
"If you only know a cup this way, you don't know the cup." David Thomas of Pere Ubu with the most brilliant description of the band concept ever...
"Watch out for music. It should come with a health warning. It can be dangerous. It can make you feel so alive, so connected to the people around you, and connected to what you really are inside. And it can make you think that the world should, and could, be a much better place. And just occasionally, it can make you very, very happy." - Peter Gabriel
"We don't wear sequins because we think we're great. We wear them because we think sequins are great." - Gram Parsons, 48 years gone today. -
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