"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
"Punk rock, to me, was always outsiderness. When I first saw large-group-scene punk rock, I was repelled by it, because there were way too many people who agreed with each other." - James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem
"Artists should re-emphasize performance and de-emphasize recording. Don't make recording the most important thing you do. Make performing the most important thing you do." - Todd Rundgren
"I am very grateful to punk because I was a girl, and I felt like if I got in a band, I'd be kind of a novelty act, but punk was all about non-discrimination. No one cared because it was punk, so, you know, anyone could do anything they wanted." - Chrissie Hynde
"I use heavy strings, tune low, play hard, and floor it. Floor it. That's technical talk. I don't play with a lot of finesse. I usually play like I'm breaking out of jail!" - Stevie Ray Vaughan, lost this day in 1990.
You can watch a free live stream of every set at LOCKN' this weekend thanks to good ol' Ben & Jerry. Trey Anastasio and Derek Trucks just kicked off a set...
Arrington, Va.’s LOCKN’ Festival will offer a free webcast this weekend, featuring acts like Trey Anastasio Band, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Joe Russo's Almost
"Somebody was trying to tell me that CDs are better than vinyl because they don't have any surface noise. I said, 'Listen, mate, *life* has surface noise." - John Peel
"Whenever I have bid a hasty goodbye to a loved one, I've always made sure that my record collection was safely stored away in the boot of the car." - Robert Plant
"Records were vitally important to the development of music and of all music cultures. With that being pushed by the wayside, I can't see an iPod uniting us. In fact it separates us. The streets are full of people bumping into lamp posts, listening to their own little universe, and there's no sharing in that." - John Lydon