Art Quotes

"That's part of what rock 'n' roll is: the transfer of secret information from generation to generation. Greil Marcus said that, not me."
mojo nixon

The R.E.M. sound "had a single meaning: jangly, Byrds-inspired guitar-rock, paired to evocative but difficult-to-discern lyrics."
TheOnion.com

"A man's got to dance on his pain, which thereby transforms it into a thing of beauty. That's how you overcome it, not by thinking about it. Just ask George Jones or Leadbelly."
Barley Scotch of Hayseed Dixie

"This here age of ours is hellbent on selling thought and reflection, not passion. I've been hearing these here psychology types saying the intellect is supreme, man is the "rational animal," this is the age of reason... that's horseshit. Especially regarding music. Music ought to get to your brain by way of the gut, not the other way around. Think about it: Most people work 40, 50, 60 hours a week at some job they hate, go home to empty rooms--or, worse yet, to some spouse they may have never loved but sure as hell don't love now. What do they need? They don't need no damn intellectual pontification on "Being and Nothingness." They need this record! It'll not only help them quit thinking with their head for a while and start feeling their guts again; it'll probably make them laugh a little bit, and we could damn sure use more of that. Everybody takes themselves so fucking seriously these days. A man's got to dance on his pain, which thereby transforms it into a thing of beauty. That's how you overcome it, not by thinking about it. Just ask George Jones or Leadbelly. And, if this record don't work, down yourself a bottle of the liquor of your choice and try playing it again then. See if that don't help."
Barley Scotch of Hayseed Dixie