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> [As the editor at the Village Voice, I always tried to find writers of colour.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-christgau/as-the-editor-at-the-village-voice-i-always-tried-to-find-writers-of/)

[Robert Christgau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-christgau/)

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> [The Village Voice gave me an outlet. They encouraged writers to publish idiosyncratic, intellectually ambitious journalism in voices that ranged from demonic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-christgau/the-village-voice-gave-me-an-outlet-they-encouraged-writers-to/)

[Robert Christgau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-christgau/)

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> [Even when I was working at The Village Voice, I only put in about 20 hours at the office.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-christgau/even-when-i-was-working-at-the-village-voice-i-only-put-in-about-20/)

[Robert Christgau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-christgau/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25c/robert-christgau-9660_even_even-when-i-was-working-at-the-village-v_2786466.jpg)

## More by Robert Christgau

> [The idea with a collection is sort of to begin with a kind of bang.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-christgau/the-idea-with-a-collection-is-sort-of-to-begin-with-a-kind-of-bang/)

[Robert Christgau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-christgau/)

> [People believe that criticism should be objective, whatever that means, but I really don't understand what people mean by that. I guess if you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-christgau/people-believe-that-criticism-should-be-objective-whatever-that-means/)

[Robert Christgau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-christgau/)

> [“One concept the non-old have trouble getting their minds around is the difference between taste and judgment. It's fine not to like almost anything,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-christgau/one-concept-the-non-old-have-trouble-getting-their-minds-around-is/)

[Robert Christgau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-christgau/)

> [You know, criticism began as the province of amateurs, of wealthy men who liked the arts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-christgau/you-know-criticism-began-as-the-province-of-amateurs-of-wealthy-men/)

[Robert Christgau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-christgau/)

> [I believe that writing on music is experienced inside your head, is not a physically present in the world, it has a different kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-christgau/i-believe-that-writing-on-music-is-experienced-inside-your-head-is/)

[Robert Christgau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-christgau/)

> [Chuck Berry's 'Maybellene' hit the airwaves at about the time Alan Freed got to New York, and it was definitely a song I really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-christgau/chuck-berry-s-maybellene-hit-the-airwaves-at-about-the-time-alan/)

[Robert Christgau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-christgau/)

> [I don't think it's such a bad idea that people learn the same history in school. I think it tends to ground people and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-christgau/i-don-t-think-it-s-such-a-bad-idea-that-people-learn-the-same-history/)

[Robert Christgau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-christgau/)

> [My wife is more important to me than anything in the world - including music. She's a great editor and companion for all of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-christgau/my-wife-is-more-important-to-me-than-anything-in-the-world-including/)

[Robert Christgau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-christgau/)

> [You can only adjust to so much history in your life. I still have trouble texting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-christgau/you-can-only-adjust-to-so-much-history-in-your-life-i-still-have/)

[Robert Christgau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-christgau/)

> [I've always been a jazz fan, but I don't write much about jazz, because I don't have the chops. But it's really, really hard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-christgau/i-ve-always-been-a-jazz-fan-but-i-don-t-write-much-about-jazz-because/)

[Robert Christgau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-christgau/)

> [There's a musicologist named Peter van der Merwe whose theory is that the blues generates tune families, and that their similarity to each other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-christgau/there-s-a-musicologist-named-peter-van-der-merwe-whose-theory-is-that/)

[Robert Christgau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-christgau/)

> [Anyway, you know, when Richard Meltzer said rock and roll died in '68, what he means is Jefferson Airplane were no longer his buddies,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-christgau/anyway-you-know-when-richard-meltzer-said-rock-and-roll-died-in-68/)

[Robert Christgau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-christgau/)

> [I basically believe that all pop stars create personas and manipulate them. What we relate to are not their real selves; they are projections,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-christgau/i-basically-believe-that-all-pop-stars-create-personas-and-manipulate/)

[Robert Christgau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-christgau/)

> [My personal experience has been that in my free bohemian subculture, I'm not unique.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-christgau/my-personal-experience-has-been-that-in-my-free-bohemian-subculture-i/)

[Robert Christgau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-christgau/)

> [If you wanna write non-fiction you have to be interested in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-christgau/if-you-wanna-write-non-fiction-you-have-to-be-interested-in-the-world/)

[Robert Christgau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-christgau/)

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