Song Quotes by Michael Azerrad

People didn't get to see how other towns interpreted the underground ethos, and so they developed their own unique versions of it.

— Michael Azerrad

I would roll out of bed and immediately start working, and keep working until it was so late at night that I couldn't stay…

— Michael Azerrad

I'm not sure I ever try to make a case for the music. I mean, sometimes the music isn't even that good. I just…

— Michael Azerrad

Back in the day, in '91 or so, I tried to interview Fugazi for Rolling Stone, which the band felt stood for everything they…

— Michael Azerrad

A lot of music fans are still interested in insightful perspectives on music - maybe even more interested than ever, since everyone needs help…

— Michael Azerrad

Just as not all popular albums are wonderful, not all wonderful albums are popular.

— Michael Azerrad

You didn't have to be a huge rock star; you just had to do well enough to continue doing what you wanted to do.…

— Michael Azerrad

Now that the generation that grew up on '80s indie-rock has attained influential positions in the culture, that music is the new yardstick. And…

— Michael Azerrad

People shared everything: information, equipment, their floors, whatever. There was strength in unity.

— Michael Azerrad

The American indie underground made music for like-minded people who thought for themselves. Thinking for yourself is intrinsically subversive.

— Michael Azerrad

I'm always very careful to make the distinction between music criticism and music journalism. A lot of people don't. But criticism doesn't require reporting.…

— Michael Azerrad

When you're writing, you're only a brain and some fingers, but drumming, you're involving all four limbs, and you're hearing stuff and you're converting…

— Michael Azerrad

Ten percent of the American population thinks that Barack Obama is a Muslim. Those are the people that have not learned the skill of…

— Michael Azerrad

Nine Inch Nails' sound is dominated by clanging synths and sardonic, shrieking vocals.

— Michael Azerrad

I'll leave it to other people to evaluate the legacy of my book, but I'm very moved when musicians tell me that they've been…

— Michael Azerrad