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> [“It was the only free country left in the world," he once said, not talking about America but about rock'n'roll in America, or anywhere else. "No boundaries, no passports. There wasn't even a government.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greil-marcus/it-was-the-only-free-country-left-in-the-world-he-once-said-not/)

[Greil Marcus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greil-marcus/)

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## More by Greil Marcus

> [As I write, Johnny Rotten's first moments in "Anarchy in the U.K." - a rolling earthquake of a laugh, a buried shout, then hoary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greil-marcus/as-i-write-johnny-rotten-s-first-moments-in-anarchy-in-the-u-k-a/)

[Greil Marcus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greil-marcus/)

> [Elvis' early music has drama because as he sang he was escaping limits.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greil-marcus/elvis-early-music-has-drama-because-as-he-sang-he-was-escaping-limits/)

[Greil Marcus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greil-marcus/)

> [You're going to react to a painting in a way that the painting demands you react.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greil-marcus/you-re-going-to-react-to-a-painting-in-a-way-that-the-painting/)

[Greil Marcus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greil-marcus/)

> [No failure in America, whether of love or money, is ever simple; it is always a kind of betrayal, of a mass of shadowy,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greil-marcus/no-failure-in-america-whether-of-love-or-money-is-ever-simple-it-is/)

[Greil Marcus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greil-marcus/)

> [ “\[Listening to a song\] one could experience a freedom from one's physical body, and from one's social body - the mask you wore to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greil-marcus/listening-to-a-song-one-could-experience-a-freedom-from-one-s/)

[Greil Marcus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greil-marcus/)

> [Records that were the sound of somebody - more often than not, a she - speaking with a voice that had never been heard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greil-marcus/records-that-were-the-sound-of-somebody-more-often-than-not-a-she/)

[Greil Marcus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greil-marcus/)

> [I never could understand - it was impossible for me to get my head around - what the furor was, what the sense of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greil-marcus/i-never-could-understand-it-was-impossible-for-me-to-get-my-head/)

[Greil Marcus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greil-marcus/)

> [There is no pop category, let alone any infinitely gene-sliced genre name, to contain the lead in Rihanna's voice in 'Needed Me.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greil-marcus/there-is-no-pop-category-let-alone-any-infinitely-gene-sliced-genre/)

[Greil Marcus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greil-marcus/)

> [I'm a fan of Oliver Stone. I like his movies, I like his excess, and I think he has a great capacity for empathy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greil-marcus/i-m-a-fan-of-oliver-stone-i-like-his-movies-i-like-his-excess-and-i/)

[Greil Marcus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greil-marcus/)

> [Bob Dylan continues to release odd and unsettling records, and to do odd and unsettling things on stage. So the term 'still' seems meaningless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greil-marcus/bob-dylan-continues-to-release-odd-and-unsettling-records-and-to-do/)

[Greil Marcus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greil-marcus/)

> [When you're writing criticism or thinking critically, to draw a very limited minor conclusion from solid evidence is really not thinking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greil-marcus/when-you-re-writing-criticism-or-thinking-critically-to-draw-a-very/)

[Greil Marcus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greil-marcus/)

> [My ideal reader is somebody who trips over a copy of my book on the sidewalk; then they pick it up and read as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greil-marcus/my-ideal-reader-is-somebody-who-trips-over-a-copy-of-my-book-on-the/)

[Greil Marcus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greil-marcus/)

> [I don't know that there's a division between American and British, European, South American, Asian sensibilities when it comes to rock n' roll or,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greil-marcus/i-don-t-know-that-there-s-a-division-between-american-and-british/)

[Greil Marcus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greil-marcus/)

> [We fight our way through the massed and leveled collective safe taste of the Top 40, just looking for a little something we can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greil-marcus/we-fight-our-way-through-the-massed-and-leveled-collective-safe-taste/)

[Greil Marcus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greil-marcus/)

> [“Banishing the love song, people discovered what else there was to sing about.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greil-marcus/banishing-the-love-song-people-discovered-what-else-there-was-to-sing/)

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