Drama Quote by Greil Marcus Download Open image “Elvis' early music has drama because as he sang he was escaping limits.” — Greil Marcus ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Drama Escaping Limits Music
Elvis had an influence on everybody with his musical approach. He broke the ice for all of us. — Al Green Copy Share Image
It was immaterial to me that Elvis didn't write his own songs. Those were very different days, and he selected whatever suited him best… — Ian Gillan Copy Share Image
All the best times in music were rebellious. I mean, even like Elvis, people didn't want their daughters paying attention to him. He was… — Miguel Copy Share Image
“One reason Elvis mattered, she said, was that in his prime, pop music had still been politically innocent, therefore deeply life-affirming, therefore relevant. By… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Ask anyone. If it hadn't been for Elvis, I don't know where popular music would be. He was the one that started it all… — Elton John Copy Share Image
“[W]hat upset grownups of both sexes about Elvis' performance was that he had broken the deepest taboo of all. He used his body as… — Elaine Dundy Copy Share Image
Elvis might have compromised his musical style a bit towards the end, but that doesn't mean that artists from the rock n' roll/folk-roots culture… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
I think that one of Elvis' charms was that he could sing almost any kind of music. I am sure that in his heart,… — Patti Page Copy Share Image
It was Elvis that got me interested in music. I've been an Elvis fan since I was a kid. — Elton John Copy Share Image
It's rare when an artist's talent can touch an entire generation of people. It's even rarer when that same influence affects several generations. Elvis… — Dick Clark Copy Share Image
With great artists like Elvis, sometimes the songs weren't the greatest thing about him. When I tried to perform some of the songs, I… — Imelda May Copy Share Image
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… — Greil Marcus Copy Share Image
You're going to react to a painting in a way that the painting demands you react. — Greil Marcus Copy Share Image
No failure in America, whether of love or money, is ever simple; it is always a kind of betrayal, of a mass of shadowy,… — Greil Marcus Copy Share Image
“[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… — Greil Marcus Copy Share Image
Records that were the sound of somebody - more often than not, a she - speaking with a voice that had never been heard… — Greil Marcus Copy Share Image
I never could understand - it was impossible for me to get my head around - what the furor was, what the sense of… — Greil Marcus Copy Share Image
There is no pop category, let alone any infinitely gene-sliced genre name, to contain the lead in Rihanna's voice in 'Needed Me.' — Greil Marcus Copy Share Image
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… — Greil Marcus Copy Share Image
Bob Dylan continues to release odd and unsettling records, and to do odd and unsettling things on stage. So the term 'still' seems meaningless… — Greil Marcus Copy Share Image
When you're writing criticism or thinking critically, to draw a very limited minor conclusion from solid evidence is really not thinking. — Greil Marcus Copy Share Image
My ideal reader is somebody who trips over a copy of my book on the sidewalk; then they pick it up and read as… — Greil Marcus Copy Share Image
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,… — Greil Marcus Copy Share Image
When you're on a daytime drama you get one page, you better damn well know your character. You better know what she would do… — David Hudgins Copy Share Image
Music is a job, but I figured out ways to get my mind into a place where I could be creative. I actually discovered… — Flume Copy Share Image
'Rear Window' isn't really a horror film, but it is a psychological drama, which I love. It is very tense. — Diana Silvers Copy Share Image
I have never been in, nor have I had any strong particular desire to be in, what is termed a costume drama, but I… — Martin Freeman Copy Share Image
All drama is conflict. Without conflict, there is no action. Without action, there is no character. Without character, there is no story. And without… — Syd Field Copy Share Image
I never did drama at school. I did it for one term, when it was compulsory, and I hated it. Tennis was the main… — Luke Mitchell Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be the lead on a TV drama. It just robs you of your life, really. — Chris Noth Copy Share Image
Dont hate me cause ur man want me dont be jealouse cause hes thinking of when he says he loves u dont hate him… — Ana Copy Share Image
I hadn't been to drama school. I hadn't been to university and acted there. I had no qualifications behind me. — David Jason Copy Share Image
I was painfully shy, so my aunt suggested to my mum that me and my brother go to Stage 84, a performing arts school… — Christian Cooke Copy Share Image
I kind of pride myself on coming onto things that are well-oiled machines and finding a way to bring what I bring and fit… — Rob Lowe Copy Share Image
