I don't see that there are any particular changes in popular music.

When kids can't afford to see it anymore maybe we'll have a whole resurgence of garage bands all over America and this New Wave thing will start to mean something on a grass roots level.

The first mistake of art is to assume that it's serious.

Style is originality; fashion is fascism. The two are eternally and unalterably opposed.

Music, you know, true music not just rock 'n' roll, chooses you.

A hero is a goddam stupid thing to have in the first place and a general block to anything you might wanta accomplish on your own.

The only questions worth asking today are whether humans are going to have any emotions tomorrow, and what the quality of life will be if the answer is no.

Realizing that life is precious the natural tendency is to trample on it, like laughing at a funeral.

Sometimes I think nothing is simple but the feeling of pain.

The whole point of American culture is to pick up any old piece of trash and make it shine with more facets than the Hope Diamond.

John Lennon at his best despised cheap sentiment and had to learn the hard way that once you've made your mark on history those who can't will be so grateful they'll turn it into a cage for you.

Love is a fearless soul.

Babel because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth.

You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me.

No matter what you do, no matter what your profession is, no matter how old you are, everybody deals with haters.

Michele Bachmann is always a great person to go to for an opinion about anything. She has a very active and interesting mind.

It is not acceptable that European Union countries are divided into those who give and those who take.

The leadership of the American Legion has not had a constructive thought for the benefit of this country since 1918.

Back then, before it became clear that democracy was best served by a drunken electorate, the bars in New York City were required to close on Election Day.

Rossini would have been a great composer if his teacher had spanked him enough on his backside.

Let us be careful to distinguish modesty, which is ever amiable, from reserve, which is only prudent.