He's an honest politician--he stays bought.
The ultimate sin of any performer is contempt for the audience.
They wouldn't be heroes if they were infallible, in fact they wouldn't be heroes if they weren't miserable wretched dogs, the pariahs of the earth, besides which the only reason to build up an idol is to tear it down again.
The first mistake of art is to assume that it's serious.
Music, you know, true music not just rock 'n' roll, chooses you.
Good rock 'n' roll is something that makes you feel alive. It's something that's human, and I think that most music today isn't. . . . To me good rock 'n' roll also encompasses other things, like Hank Williams and Charlie Mingus and a lot of things that aren't strictly defined as rock 'n' roll. Rock 'n' roll is an attitude, it's not a musical form of a strict sort. It's a way of doing things, of approaching things. Writing can be rock 'n' roll, or a movie can be rock 'n' roll. It's a way of living your life.
Style is originality; fashion is fascism. The two are eternally and unalterably opposed.
Right. Because there’s no bigger sign of commitment than a Halloween dance
I need to make sure that when I'm running out to the drugstore I'm not wearing a Biore strip or something. Not that I expect anyone to recognize me, but on the off chance they do, I just don't want to embarrass myself.
Americans in particular are myopic. They're not traveling as much. When you were a college student, the next thing you would do on graduation was to take a year off and travel. That's what I did. I went to Indonesia.
Hip Hop can be a very effective way to reach young people and teach them about current political and social issues.