Kurt Loder Quotes

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• Whomever you're going to interview, you have to be interested in what it is you want to know from them. You have to be interested…
• I don't find music being less important than, like, politics.
• So no one should rely on television either for their knowledge of music or for news. There's just more going on. It's an adjunct to…
• So you shouldn't really flatter yourself that they want to be your buddy. They don't. Generally. They want you for some reason or other, and…
• And you can't really cover people critically that you're friends with.
• I came over here and worked for rock magazines, and I worked for Rolling Stone, which has a very high standard of journalism, a very…
• And I think a good writer's gonna make it interesting. From the first paragraph it will all be interesting. Just work at it and work…
• And that's very important, too, 'cause a lot of people just assume everyone's a Democrat, or everyone's a Republican or whatever, and they're not. And…
• It's not a good thing to be friends with people you're covering. There's just no point in doing it. It's tempting, but they're not going…
• Rewriting is a large part of the whole job. And get rid of stuff that's not working. Just pare it down until it's a beautiful…
• You find the most important thing that really grabs you, and put it right up top. Don't bury the lead. Put it at the top.…

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