"The world of this is a load of crap. You get all these bloody people, so incredibly sycophantic." - Charlie Watts, born this day in 1941. Miss you, brother. You were right. Sadly, nothing's changed.
"Everything has some consciousness, and we tap into that. It's about energy at its most basic level. Part of what I do is a craft, part of what I do is a science. The craft comes in knowing what science to use and what science not to use. I was never worried that synthesizers would replace musicians. You have to be a musician in order to make music with a synthesizer." - Robert Moog, born this day in 1934.
"Some people try to pick up girls and they get called an asshole. Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole." - Jonathan Richman, born this day in 1951.
"Hendrix was the bass player for Little Richard. We were both left-handed, but we would use a right-handed guitar held upside down and backwards. He developed my slides and my riffs. In fact, he used to say, and this is documented, 'I patterned my style after Dick Dale.' " - Dick Dale, born this day in 1937.
"I don't notice it yet. Maybe it'll come on later. But they said, 'You have Alzheimer's', and I said, 'Well, you know, it's do what you can do, you know'." - Glen Campbell, born this day in 1936.
"You can't drink on an eight hour flight, pass out, and then go onstage... well you can, but then you're Spandau Ballet." - Robert Smith, born this day in 1959.
"Something I like to do a lot is just sit by water when there’s a current and just stare into the water. I don’t fish, I don’t hunt, I don’t scuba, I don’t spear, don’t boat, don’t play basketball or football – I excel at staring into space. I’m really good at that." - Iggy Pop, born this day in 1947.
"I burp like everyone else and I'm promiscuous. My sexuality has never been a problem to me but I think it has been for other people. I have tried sex with both men and women. I found I liked it." - Dusty Springfield, born this day in 1939.
"The first rule of rock and roll is it's all about live. Then you have to learn a second craft, which is making records. It should go in that order." - Steven Van Zandt. I think most bands today have this totally backwards.
"A habit is no damn private hell. There's no solitary confinement outside of jail. A habit is hell for those you love. And in this country, it's the worst kind of hell for those who love you. All dope can do for you is kill you... the long hard way. And it can kill the people you love right along with you." - Billie Holiday, born this day in 1915.
"The thing that bothers me the most is the recklessness of the local ranchers, choking with waste the creek that runs through my property. There's certain times of day that the cowboys like to send them turds down the river. Them fuckers piss me off. if you gotta mess up the ecology of the world in order to raise a bunch of cows, well eat something else." - Merle Haggard, born this day in 1937, died this day in 2016.
“Was my management style aggressive? I would say so. Call it what you like – as long as it works. If somebody had to be trod on, they got trod on. Too true.” - Peter Grant, Led Zeppelin manager extraordinaire, born this day in 1935.