All Blues Singers Are Great Liars.

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.

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

That's One Reason Why It's Pretty Worthless, I Can't Totally Buy It, If You Think About It, It's Things Like The Phil Spector Records. On One Level They Were Rebellion, On Another Level They Were Keeping The Teenager In His Place.

What All This Posturing And Fake Glamor Results In Is A Vast Detachment And Cynicism On The Part Of The Artists. Since It's Impossible To Have Respect For An Audience That'll Take Just About Anything You Care To Dish Out, And The Impassive Demeanor Is So Central To The Role, A General Numbnose Is All That Can Be Expected.

Don’t Ask Me Why I Obsessively Look To Rock ’n’ Roll Bands For Some Kind Of Model For A Better Society. I Guess It’s Just That I Glimpsed Something Beautiful In A Flashbulb Moment Once, And Perhaps Mistaking It For Prophecy Have Been Seeking Its Fulfillment Ever Since.