"Musically, I just think in terms of what's next. There's a lot of things I've always dreamed of doing, and I hope I get to them before I get too deaf." - Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine
"Basically, I'm just a guitar player that figured out I wasn't ever gonna be able to buy dinner with my guitar playing so I got into songwriting, which is a little more profitable business." - J.J. Cale, born this day in 1938.
"If you pour some music on whatever's wrong, it'll sure help out. 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
"I'm a very private person. What I did in the past or what somebody heard me do or has a bootleg of me doing...well, if you have a bootleg, then I did it." - Mark Lanegan, born this day in 1964.
"The more nervous I am, and the more insane a situation is, the more I love it and get addicted to it. That's why I love playing on stage. And I kind of freak out if I don't get to do it, because it's a big part of my sanity, I think." - Alison Mosshart
Tonight's favorite Discogs Marketplace description - "Vinyl looks very close to unplayed, should play EX, however plays VG to EX as numerous tracks play with light noise, seemingly from pressing quality. There's also a small pressing fault that causes 5-10 light clicks."
"I want my records to be the most magnificent and glorious-sounding records, but also want them to be the most intense and fragile. And I want that all in the same ten-second bit of music." - J Spaceman, born this day in 1965.
"Grace is what matters in anything - especially life, especially growth, tragedy, pain, love, death. That's a quality that I admire very greatly. It keeps you from reaching out for the gun too quickly. It keeps you from destroying things too foolishly. It sort of keeps you alive." - Jeff Buckley