“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 beginning that with mass appeal comes all those tedious folks who need to be told what… — 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 form-it was about advocating kids to not wait to be told what to do, but make life up for themselves, it was about trying to get people to use their imaginations again, it was about not… — Legs McNeil Copy Share
“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 Pop artist, or a realist, without feeling you"ve given up something. ... I think that would be so great, to be able to change styles. And I think that's what's going to happen, that's going to… — Legs McNeil Copy Share
Rock & Roll is so great, people should start dying for it. You don't understand. The music gave you back the beat so you could dream. A whole generation running with a Fender bass...The people just have to die for the music. People are dying for everything else, so why not the music? Die for it. Isn't it pretty? Wouldn't… — Legs McNeil Copy Share
“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
![“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 and try to co-opt what they can’t own. They try to co-opt authenticity and turn it into something boring.” quote by Legs McNeil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/070/legs-mcneil-32249_anna_so-rich-people-could-go-slumming-come-on_303664.jpg)
