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Music Quotes by Greil Marcus
- I was the first records editor at Rolling Stone, and there were no rules. There was nothing to fall back on as to how do…
- We fight our way through the massed and leveled collective safe taste of the Top 40, just looking for a little something we can call…
- Hearing things like 'Wake Up' by Lora Logic, or the Raincoats' 'In Love' - that was something I wasn't prepared for. I couldn't hear anything…
- Along with a lot of other things, becoming a Bob Dylan fan made me a writer. I was never interested in figuring out what the…
- Elvis' early music has drama because as he sang he was escaping limits.
More Music Quotes
- I love recording music. — J. J. Abrams
- Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a lifestyle. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- What annoys the hell out of me is the arrogance of some people. They don't even listen to our music, they decided… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I don't want to limit myself musically. It would be really limiting if we'd neglect something we really want to do, like… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Music - that's been my education. There's not a day that goes by that I take it for granted. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- There are a lot of bands who claim to be punk and they only play the music, they have no clue what… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- For some young people, their first experience ever hearing punk rock music was playing the Green Bay Packers on 'Madden'. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them. — Louis Armstrong
- All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song. — Louis Armstrong
- What we play is life. — Louis Armstrong
- If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know. — Louis Armstrong
- We all do 'do, re, mi,' but you have got to find the other notes yourself. — Louis Armstrong