"I think The Eagles single-handedly destroyed country music - well, now, country music has been killed by rap crossovers, so it's hard to say. Maybe we can just agree that money killed country music." - John Doe
Yer Ol' Uncle D
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“My father had an incredible stereo and a turntable, and I was told not to touch it. But I’d go back and touch it anyway. I gained a respect for the turntables when I was a kid.” - Grandmaster Flash
"Treating your audience like thieves is absurd. Anyone who chooses to listen to our music becomes a collaborator." - Jeff Tweedy
“I don’t think it’s real unless you put it on an LP. CDs aren’t real. Anybody can do that” - Bob Pollard of Guided By Voices
"I do know the effect that music still has on me - I'm completely vulnerable to it. I'm seduced by it." - Debbie Harry
"I want to be a force for real good. In other words. I know that there are bad forces, forces that bring suffering to others and misery to the world, but I want to be the opposite force. I want to be the force which is truly for good." - John Coltrane
Looks like I'll be spending the evening with Bob Mould.
"I don't really understand that process called reincarnation but if there is such a thing I'd like to come back as my daughter's dog." - Leonard Cohen, born this day in 1934.
Damn. RIP Yonrico Scott. 2019 is gaining momentum as a real bastard.
Freebies for The Record Company and Blackberry Smoke tonight. Don't mind if I do.
"I always say that as church falls into demise, we still have the inclination to congregate whether by a night of music or a festival, or just sitting down to listen to some vinyl." - Daniel Lanois, born this day in 1951.
"I don't think I'm an entertainer. I never think, 'Wow, I can't wait to get the crowd moving.' Some of my favorite bands never moved an inch." - Ric Ocasek, RIP
"We'd {The Velvet Underground} hold a chord for three hours if we could." - John Cale
"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
"When I'm doing a drawing, I get lots of ideas. I use them in my songs, even. I do a lot of drawings because that's where I get most of my spending cash and I just always have to have new records, to get something to satisfy my listening pleasure." - Daniel Johnston, RIP
"I am not a politician... I only suffer the consequences." - Peter Tosh
"As I was growing up, I did a lot of talent shows. I won fifteen Sunday nights straight in a series of talent shows in Macon. I showed up the sixteenth night, and they wouldn't let me go on any more." - Otis Redding
"On planes I always cry. Something about altitude, the lack of oxygen and the bad movies. I cried over a St. Bernard movie once on a plane. That was really embarrassing." - Michael Stipe
"All I can really remember doing was listening to the radio and listening to records when I was at school. I wasn't very academic, and I certainly wasn't a very good student." - Chrissie Hynde, born this day in 1951.
"A guitar player goes on the road, and he misses his girlfriend for a while, but he manages to get along. A horn player gets out on the road, plays two or three towns, and then he'll get lonely, and next thing you know, he's packed up and left. It's better not to hire him in the first place." - Albert King
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