A Hero Is A Goddam Stupid Thing

Personally I Feel That Real Rock 'n' Roll May Be On The Way Out, Just Like Adolescence As A Relatively Innocent Transitional Period Is On The Way Out. What We Have Instead Is A Small Island Of New Free Music Surrounded By Some Good Reworkings Of Past Idioms And A Vast Sargasso Sea Of Absolute Garbage.

Music, You Know, True Music Not Just Rock 'n' Roll, Chooses You.

Basically No, I Mean I Think That It's Very Easy To Like I Say, Smoke A Joint Or Even To Wear A Chairman Mao Button, Or Do A Lot Of These Things With Out Knowing What's Behind It, And What It Really Means.

... The Twin Concepts Of Nihilism And The Antihero Have Had It. What Began With The Wild One And James "nobody Understands Me" Dean, Ran With Increasing Vehement Negativism Up Through The Stones And Velvets And Iggy ... [i]t May Be Time, In Spite Of All Indications To The Contrary From The Exterior Society, To Begin Thinking In Terms Of Heroes Again, Of Love Instead Of Hate, Of Energy Instead Of Violence, Of Strength Instead Of Cruelty, Of Action Instead Of Reaction.

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.