Elvis Transcends His Talent To The Point

What’s The Impulse Behind Art? It’s Saying In Whatever Language Is The Language Of Your Work, “if I Could Move You As Much As It Moved Me … If I Can Move Anyone A Tenth As Much As That Moved Me, If I Can Spark The Same Sense Of Mystery And Awe And Surprise As That Sparked In Me, Well That’s Why I Do What I Do.”

It Is A Sure Sign That A Culture Has Reached A Dead End When It Is No Longer Intrigued By Its Myths.

Elvis Transcends His Talent To The Point Of Dispensing With It Altogether.

Punk To Me Was A Form Of Free Speech. It Was A Moment When Suddenly All Kinds Of Strange Voices That No Reasonable Person Could Ever Have Expected To Hear In Public Were Being Heard All Over The Place.

Patriotism In America, As I Understand It, Is A Matter Of Suffering, When The Country Fails To Live Up To Its Promises, Or Actively Betrays Them.