"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 of T. Rex, born this day in 1947.
"It's just pure noise for the hell of it. The fun is in watching people's faces. That's why we light the audience up, to see their discomfort." - Kevin Shields
"To act on a bad idea is better than to not act at all. Sometimes this idea can be the smallest thing in the world, a little flame that you hunch over and cup with your hand, and pray will not be extinguished by the storm that howls about it. If you could hold onto that flame, great things could construct around it, that are massive and powerful and world changing, all held up by the tiniest of ideas." - Nick Cave
"Watch out for music. It should come with a health warning. It can be dangerous. It can make you feel so alive, so connected to the people around you, and connected to what you really are inside. And it can make you think that the world should, and could, be a much better place. And just occasionally, it can make you very, very happy." - Peter Gabriel
"All I had was the will and the love for music. I couldn't read music or write it. No connections, no car, no money, no bankroll, no clothes, no nothing." - Barry White, born this day in 1944.
"We are here because there are things that need our help. Like the planet. Like each other. Like animals. The world is like a garden, and we are its protectors." - B. B. King
"What I am trying to get across to you is please take care of yourselves and those that you love because that is what we are here for, that's all we got, and that is all we can take with us. Are you with me?" - Stevie Ray Vaughan, lost this day in 1990.