“Punk to me was a form of free speech. It was a moment when suddenly all kinds of strange voices that no reasonable person could ever have expected to hear in public were being heard all over the place.” KindPersonsMomentsFormVoiceHeardStrangeSpeechExpectedAll KindsReasonablePunkFree Speech Author:Greil Marcus
“No failure in America, whether of love or money, is ever simple; it is always a kind of betrayal, of a mass of shadowy, shared hopes.” KindAmericaSimpleFailureMassBetrayalNo Failure Book:Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll Music: Sixth Edition Source: Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll Music: Sixth Edition
“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 you write about this kind of music, so people were trying absolutely everything with a great sense of freedom and experimentation and success and failure, and a feeling of, “My God, people are actually paying attention to this. Let’s pretend they aren’t because we don’t want to be intimidated by what somebody might think of what we’re saying.” PeopleThinkingWantWritingTryingFirstsKindFeelingsMightFallAttentionRecordsStonesPay AttentionEditorsRollingSuccess And FailureIntimidatedExperimentationRolling StonesFall Back Author:Greil Marcus
