Overnight, punk had become as stupid as everything else. This wonderful vital force that was articulated by the music was really about corrupting every form-it was about advocating kids to not wait to be told what to do, but make… — Legs McNeil Copy Share Image
So rich people could go slumming? Come on, give me a break [it’s a] masturbatory fantasy for Anna Wintour and Vogue. They always go… — Legs McNeil Copy Share Image
“Penny Arcade said: At that time, the DRUG world and the ART world ran through each other. (1971 - 1974)” — Legs McNeil Copy Share Image
“Everyone thought in the early days of punk, certainly once English punk got going, and even American punk, everyone thought it was a horrible… — Legs McNeil Copy Share Image
Overnight, punk had become as stupid as everything else. This wonderful vital force that was articulated by the music was really about corrupting every… — Legs McNeil Copy Share Image
“I remember my favorite nights were just getting drunk and walking around outside the East Village kicking over garbage cans. Just the night. Just… — Legs McNeil Copy Share Image
“How can U say one style is better than another. You ought to be able to be an Abstract Expressionist next week, or a… — Legs McNeil Copy Share Image
Rock & Roll is so great, people should start dying for it. You don't understand. The music gave you back the beat so you… — Legs McNeil Copy Share Image
“The old sound was alcoholic. The tradition was finally broken. The music is sex and drugs and happy. And happy is the joke the… — Legs McNeil Copy Share Image
“Mass movements are always so unhip. That’s what was great about punk. It was an antimovement, because there was knowledge there from the very… — Legs McNeil Copy Share Image
“DEE DEE RAMONE: Sid Vicious followed me all over the place...the worst time was one night when we had a big party...They were serving… — Legs McNeil Copy Share Image
“So punk wasn’t about decay, punk was about the apocalypse. Punk was about annihilation.” — Legs McNeil Copy Share Image
“The sixties have a reputation for being open and free and cool, but the reality was that everybody was straight. Everybody was totally straight… — Legs McNeil Copy Share Image