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> [I think criticism, or a critical engagement with history, has a good deal to do with a willingness to be fooled.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greil-marcus/i-think-criticism-or-a-critical-engagement-with-history-has-a-good/)

[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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