"Things turn out better by accident sometimes. But you can't organize accidents." - Jeff Beck
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"There's a lot of things blamed on me that never happened. But then, there's a lot of things that I did that I never got caught at." - Johnny Cash, born this day in 1932.
"It's being here now that's important. There's no past and there's no future. Time is a very misleading thing. All there is ever, is the now. We can gain experience from the past, but we can't relive it; and we can hope for the future, but we don't know if there is one." - George Harrison, born this day in 1943.
"You make music to move people and you don't get to pick who you move. You just don't. It's exclusionary and elitist and I just never felt that way about music, of all things. The great unifier." - Mark Lanegan, lost one year ago today....and I'm still absolutely crushed.
"If you're a sexist, racist, homophobe, or basically an asshole, don't buy this CD. I don't care if you like me, I hate you." - Kurt Cobain, born this day in 1967.
"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, born this day in 1950.
"One of the great gifts of being a human being is that you can get rid of yourself and enter into the oneness of music." - Ray Manzarek, born this day in 1939.
'I've been in some beautiful places, but the prettiest sight is flying back to New Orleans. Being able to look down and say, 'I know where I am now.' - Aaron Neville
Happy birthday to Vince Neil and his comedic genius...
"We need balance. We need to balance our inner life with our outer life. Nature is always sitting there waiting to help us, but we have to do the work. Nature is probably the greatest teacher that we'll ever have... the earth and nature." - Dave Davies, born this day in 1947.
"Don't waste the time. Time is the final currency, man. Not money, not power - it's time." - David Crosby. RIP. Thanks for everything.
Baby, why don't we? Baby, why don't we...
"The only good political movement I've seen lately was Occupy Wall Street. They had no leaders, which was genius. But unfortunately, it always ends up with some hippy playing a flute." - John Lydon, born this day in 1956. Always funny. Always spot-on.
"The only person who listens to both sides of an argument is the fellow in the next apartment." - Ruth Brown, born this day in 1928.
"The two things you can't fake are good food and good music." - Etta James, born this day in 1938.
"To me, the message of my songs, of all songs, is "enjoy life." My message as a person who evidently doesn't have much more planned is the same. It's the only message I ever thought art had any business having. Enjoy every sandwich." - Warren Zevon, born this day in 1947.
"Jazz attracted me because in it I found a formal perfection and instrumental precision that I admire in classical music, but which popular music doesn't have." – Django Reinhardt, born this day in 1910.
"I don't think success arrives and you're suddenly happy. It's not like that. If people think that they'll be very disappointed. It's just as difficult to live in a self-made hell of privacy as it is to live in a self-made hell of publicity." - Michael Hutchence, born this day in 1960.
As far back as I can remember, my life has been intertwined with music. In the last few years, so many of my musical heroes have checked out. It's a bummer. It's depressing. It's a slap in the face from mortality. It makes the infinite joy of music feel finite. And that's a total drag. -
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