All Lester Bangs Quotes
- When kids can't afford to see it anymore maybe we'll have a whole resurgence of garage bands all over America and this New Wave thing… Afford
- Corporations are social organizations, the theater in which men and women realize or fail to realize purposeful and productive lives. Corporations
- I hate Stanley Clark, but I have to admit he's playing Jazz whether I like it or not. Admit
- Basically no, I mean I think that it's very easy to like I say, smoke a joint or even to wear a Chairman Mao button,… Behind
- I mean the interesting thing I think would be if something happened like, what happened in England where all these kids that all of a… Afford
- I'm really schizophrenic about that, because on the one hand I would say, yes there is, there's something inherently, even violent about it, it's wild… All
- It's much easier to wear a Chairman Mao button and shake your fists in the air and all that, then to actually read the Communist… Actually Become
- Or like in the early 70's when we had the reaction against acid rock and all the fuzz tone, and feedback, and the noise. And… Acid
- That's one reason why it's pretty worthless, I can't totally buy it, if you think about it, it's things like the Phil Spector records. On… Another Level
- The first mistake of art is to assume that it's serious. Art
- I mean it's easier to be in a demonstration if it's a trip that's one of the reasons why the whole thing fell apart in… Any
- The ultimate sin of any performer is contempt for the audience. Any
- I'll probably never produce a masterpiece, but so what? I feel I have a Sound aborning, which is my own, and that Sound if erratic… Aborning
- A hero is a goddam stupid thing to have in the first place and a general block to anything you might wanta accomplish on your… Accomplish
- All humans are the same sex, except albinos. Albinos
- The real question is what to live for. And I can't answer it. Except another one of your records. And another chance for me to… Another Chance
- Personally I feel that real rock 'n' roll may be on the way out, just like adolescence as a relatively innocent transitional period is on… Absolute
- Look at it this way: There are many here among us for whom the life force is best represented by the livid twitching of one… Adventurous
- At its best New Wave/punk represents a fundamental and age-old Utopian dream: that if you give people the license to be as outrageous as they… Absolutely
- The only questions worth asking today are whether humans are going to have any emotions tomorrow, and what the quality of life will be if… Answer
- They wouldn't be heroes if they were infallible, in fact they wouldn't be heroes if they weren't miserable wretched dogs, the pariahs of the earth,… Besides
- A young woman is dead. I don’t care. You probably don’t care. The police don’t care. The papers don’t care. The punks for the most… Accused
- Music, you know, true music not just rock 'n' roll, chooses you. Chooses
- All blues singers are great liars. All
- Good rock 'n' roll is something that makes you feel alive. It's something that's human, and I think that most music today isn't. ... To… Alive