"Someone called my style 'sense of urgency' guitar playing and I've always admitted I often don't know where I'm going when I solo. But that desperation is what makes it exciting." - Richard Lloyd of Television
"Coming from the era of vinyl you could argue that everything went wrong in the music business the moment we went digital. The day the first CD came out, it all went downhill in the music industry. Digital destroyed everything." - Andy Summers
"My parents wanted to light my artistic candle. But over time, the definition of 'the arts' began to stretch. And as I got older, they suddenly realized, Oh, my God, we're the parents of Iggy Pop." - Iggy Pop
"We must be among the world’s most unemployable people. If we hadn’t been in The Cramps, I can’t imagine the trouble we’d be in. Rock ‘n’ roll is the greatest way for weirdos like us to find a purpose in life." - Lux Interior
“Music is probably the one real magic I have encountered in my life. There’s not some trick involved with it. It’s pure and it’s real. It moves, it heals, it communicates and does all these incredible things.” - Tom Petty He would have turned 69 today.
Happy Birthday, Uncle D! I love you so much. Thanks for being such a darling and for sharing your excellent taste in music. Have a wonderful birthday and your best year yet! xoxo
"It would be hard for me now, at this age and stage, to leave a song without a glimmer of hope… I always like to have a glimmer of hopefulness, even in collapse.” - Gord Downie, lost this day in 2017.