Elvis Transcends His Talent To The Point

It May Be That The Most Interesting American Struggle Is The Struggle To Set Oneself Free From The Limits One Is Born To, And Then To Learn Something Of The Value Of Those Limits

Rock 'n' Roll Is A Combination Of Good Ideas Dried Up By Fads, Terrible Junk, Hideous Failings In Taste And Judgment, Gullibility And Manipulation, Moments Of Unbelievable Clarity And Invention, Pleasure, Fun, Vulgarity, Excess, Novelty And Utter Enervation.

I Learned That When Something Just Has To Be Said To Move The Discussion Along, Or Broaden It Or Deepen It, If I Can Just Keep My Mouth Shut For Five Minutes A Student Will Say It. So For Me A Lot Of Teaching Is About Keeping My Mouth Shut.

If Bob Dylan Really Is An Historian In And Of Himself In His Work, In His Performances, He Is Also An Historian With A Unique Sense Of Humor. There's Always Been A Bit Of A Stand-up Comic In Him.

Every Youth Movement Presents Itself As A Loan To The Future, And Tries To Call In Its Lien In Advance, But When There Is No Future All Loans Are Canceled.