All my friends are rock critics, so we talk about rock criticism a lot. Because of that, in order to be part… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
I guess it really didn't even dawn on me that you could be a rock critic as a job until I was… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
And all I could do while I listened to this dude tell me how punk rock saved his life was think, Wow.… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Pundits are always blaming TV for making people stupid, movies for desensitizing the world to violence, and rock music for making kids… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Unless you're Shannon Hoon (of Blind Melon), dying is the only thing that guarantees a rock star will have a legacy that… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
What my mom failed to understand was that I didn't even want long hair -- I needed long hair. And my desire… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
We’re all tourists, sort of. Life is tourism, sort of. As far as I’m concerned, the dinosaurs still hold the lease on… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Soccer is like punk rock: The product is not necessarily terrible. The problem is the fan base. — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
It drives me crazy to do readings of my books, because if I read anything I've written in the past, I'd like… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
It might sound chauvinistic, but there is a sad reality in rock music: Bands who depend on support from females inevitably crash… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
The biggest hurdle to writing Fargo Rock City was that I couldn't afford a home computer - I had to get a… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
The biggest problem in rock journalism is that often the writers main motivation is to become friends with the band. Theyre not… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
The only people who think the Internet is a calamity are people whose lives have been hurt by it; the only people who insist… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
“I suppose we'll never know what really happened in that room, though he did tell police, "I did it because I'm a dirty dog."… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Do you know people who insist they like 'all kinds of music'? That actually means they like no kinds of music. — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Let's say Twitter existed during the Civil War. We would have a better understanding of people in the Confederacy who were against slavery, people… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
All my friends are rock critics, so we talk about rock criticism a lot. Because of that, in order to be part of the… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
If rain is God crying, I think God is drunk and his girlfriend just slept with Zeus. — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
But no matter how many times we re-rank the presidents, in another 200 years, the top presidents will still be Washington and Lincoln and… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Different critics go to different lengths to disagree with that sentiment, but ultimately, they're the person experiencing this art, and whatever judgment or taste… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
First, you must love yourself. And if you do that convincingly enough, others will love you too much. — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Anyone who claims to be good at lying is obviously bad at lying. Thus - as a writer myself - I cannot comment on… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
“I care about strangers when they're abstractions but feel almost nothing when they are literally in front of me. They seem like unnamed characters… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
“Toby Keith writes songs like 1993's "Should've Been a Cowboy," and what's compelling is that you can't deconstruct its message. "Should've Been a Cowboy"… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
