You can get away with anything as long as it works.
Buddhism has become a socially recognized religious philosophy for Americans, whereas it used to be considered an exotic religion.
DEVO was like the punk band that non Punk America saw as Punk and so when people who were really into Punk rock would be walking around on the streets the jocks who learned about Punk through Devo would roll down their windows and yell at the Punks: 'HEY, DEVO!!'
People see rock and roll as, as youth culture, and when youth culture becomes monopolised by big business, what are the youth to do? Do you, do you have any idea? I think we should destroy the bogus capitalist process that is destroying youth culture.
I certainly don't sit around in the morning making pancakes listening to Whitehouse or anything.
People. . . of the universe! Tonight. . . is the night. . when the skies will open, and spray forth a divine hand with pointed finger! And it will say. . . everybody. . . you're not just a duck. . . YOU ARE HUMAN! YOU ARE HUMAAAAN!!!
Noise has taken the place of punk rock. People who play noise have no real aspirations to being part of the mainstream culture. Punk has been co-opted, and this subterranean noise music and the avant-garde folk scene have replaced it
It's not religious war, but Al-Qaeda always use religions, Islam - actually, as a pretext and as a cover and as a mantle for their war and for their terrorism and for their killing and beheading and so on.
A man is known by the company he owns.
The really great thing about my shop is that there's not one dead animal in it. . . . Manolo's got a load of fabric shoes as well! We use plastic, fabric, rubber- anything but leather. I almost feel like I've been put here to show everyone that it's unnecessary.
Politics is a lot like sex - if you want something, you have to ask for it, if they're not doing it right you've got to speak up and show them and if you still don't get what you want, then there is nothing wrong with doing it yourself.