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" Without the blues, modern music would be nothing like it is now - not remotely. "

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" Collecting records is, for many, beyond a hobby. "

" The first Van Halen album makes Johnny Rotten out to be what he really was and still is: a hairdresser. "

" In the summer of 1991, I was on the first Lollapalooza tour. Nightly, I would watch Jane's Addiction singer Perry Farrell go out in front of a sea of people and within minutes have all of them in the palm of his hand. I have never seen anything like it since. "

" All my big heroes are literary, writers. "

" Being an artist is dragging your innermost feelings out, giving a piece of yourself, no matter in which art form, in which medium. "

" One of the odd enjoyments in life is to be alone in a room full of people. To have them there as unknowing human filler in your wide shot. "

" Every summer, around late July and into August, I find myself in Europe, performing at any festival that will have me. "

" August in sub-Saharan Los Angeles is one of the great and awful tests of one's endurance, sanity and stamina. "

" Russia is tough. The history, the land, the people - brutal. "

" I can deal with people who watch me on stage but I am not good in communicating with people any other way than through my work. "

" If I had to perform in a comedy club I would bomb; I would be trying too hard. "

" Sleep is for squares. "

" If you are a musician who has released albums, it would perhaps be morbidly interesting to know how much you would be owed if everyone who now has your music had actually bought your record. "

" I can only write about personal stuff, about my point of view. "

" When you're going into an employment environment that looks pretty scary, it is easy to lose your moral compass, your decency, your sense of civility and your sense of community. "

" I'm a big Germs fan; most people are. "

" Every single record I have is a fossil. "

" Live music is the cure for what ails ya. "

" Texas is as odd as it is vast. "

" I'm pessimistic. I don't think that justice always gets the right person. "

" We Americans are hard on almost everything. We are hard on our vehicles, our marriages and our heroes. Mostly, however, we are hard on ourselves. "

" Between the Dinosaur Jr. albums and his recent solo albums, 'Several Shades of Why' and 'Heavy Blanket,' J Mascis is emerging as one of the last men from all that '80s indie madness, still writing songs that you want to listen to over and over. "

" I get angry about stuff, I get very emotionally intense about stuff and that's how I get it out - with books, with the band, on my own onstage, but it's always kind of a wail. "

" In winter, I plot and plan. In spring, I move. "

" I think young people should travel and travel often to other countries... like I do. "

" I need to do things on my own, need to be left alone. "

" If I'm in L.A. for longer than 20 days, I'm looking for work, because I don't do vacations. "

" Before the Civil War, the Southern states were selling a lot of cotton to England and didn't seem to mind British occupation. By and large, the Revolutionary War wasn't at all great for business. "

" Do you know why Albert Camus was so prolific? He wrote to keep from screaming. "

" I don't know if you have ever seen the Woody Allen film 'Annie Hall,' but it is, in a way, to Los Angeles and 'Hollywood' what 'This Is Spinal Tap' is to many musicians. "