“What always attracted me to [Bob] Dylan, and what has sustained me as a Dylan listener, or has always continued to surprise me, is his voice, the way he sings, the way he wraps his voice around certain words, the way he backs off from melodic moments, the way he moves forward to grab something in a song that, were anybody else performing it, they would have no idea it was even there.” WayIdeasMomentsMovingCertainSongVoiceSurpriseMoving ForwardNo IdeaPerformingBobListenersDylanWrapsSurprise Me Author:Greil Marcus
“Rock 'n' Roll is a combination of good ideas dried up by fads, terrible junk, hideous failings in taste and judgment, gullibility and manipulation, moments of unbelievable clarity and invention, pleasure, fun, vulgarity, excess, novelty and utter enervation.” IdeasMomentsFunPleasureFailingRocksTerribleTasteJudgmentInventionClarityCombinationManipulationExcessGood IdeasRock N RollUnbelievableNoveltyJunkHideousVulgarityFadsGullibilityTaste And Judgment Book:Mystery Train Source: Mystery Train
“I want another idea, another project, but you can't make them up. They show up.” WantIdeasShowsProjects Author:Greil Marcus
