“I gave up music criticism because of the increasingly obvious conflict of interest. I couldn't say anything bad about the records when I might be meeting that person's manager backstage an hour later.” PersonsMightInterestHoursRecordsConflictCriticismMeetingsObviousManagersSay AnythingGave UpConflict Of Interest Author:Stephin Merritt
“I write songs by sitting around in bars, so drinking songs are a little obvious. It's surprising that I don't write entirely drinking songs, since I am, in fact, drinking while writing the song. Drinking and love are the two principal sources of pleasure outside of music. There's only so many sources of pleasure, really. That's about it. Well, there are other arts as well. But none of them are as pleasurable as music, on a physical level.” WritingArtSongPleasureDrinkingObvious Author:Stephin Merritt
