“I listen to lots of music, especially Bach, opera (all periods), German lieder, chamber music, and rock, old and new. I can't listen to music while I write. It's too absorbing.” WritingI CanRocksPeriodsOperaChamberListening To MusicAbsorbingOld And NewChamber Music Author:Cheryl Mendelson
“I love it [music]. I always have loved it. There's something about playing music that inspires me. When I've had some really down periods in my life, debauched beyond belief, not knowing what the hell I'm gonna do with my life, [Rolling Stones'] "Street Fighting Man" or something like that would come on the radio, and I'm pounding the dash and the rock and roll will inspire me to keep going. It inspires me. It's true.” MenFightingBeliefHellKnowingStreetsRocksInspirePeriodsStonesRadioKeep GoingNot KnowingRollingRock And RollPlaying MusicRolling Stones Author:Creed Bratton
“You are leaving port under sealed orders and in a troubled period. You cannot know whither you are going or what you are to do. But why not take the Pilot on board who knows the nature of your sealed orders from the outset, and who will shape your entire voyage accordingly? He knows the shoals and the sand banks, the rocks and the reefs, He will steer you safely into that celestial harbor where your anchor will be cast for eternity. Let His almighty nail-pierced hands hold the wheel, and you will be safe.” KnowsHandsOrderNatureRocksPeriodsShapesSafeEternityLeavingCastsBoardsWheelsSandWhy NotPilotsAlmightyNailsHarborsAnchorsVoyagesCelestialPortSteersReefs Author:Peter Marshall
“I think this is the beginning of a really cool period in music because what we've been living through has been mostly super-testosterone rock, and there's nothing wrong with testosterone but it is damn boring.” ThinkingHas BeensRocksPeriodsMusic IsBoringDamnReally CoolTestosterone Author:Sam Endicott
“Jonathan Coe's genial, likeable novel can only be described as a kind of lit-prog-rock concept album... Coe recreates the period with such loving accuracy that I frankly suspect him of having planted a secret microphone in the tin Oxford Mathematical Instruments box I carried around in my school days... As always with Jonathan Coe, the sheer intelligent good nature that suffuses his work makes it a pleasure to read.” KindSchoolPleasureSecretNovelRocksPeriodsConceptsIntelligentInstrumentsAlbumsBoxesMathematicalSuspectsSheerLitAccuracyOxfordMicrophonesTinGood NatureLikeableSchool Days Author:Peter Bradshaw
“There is nothing conceptually better than rock 'n' roll. No group, be it Beatles, Dylan or Stones, have ever improved on Whole Lot of Shaking for my money. Or maybe I'm like our parents: that's my period and I dig it and I'll never leave it.” WholeParentGroupsRocksPeriodsStonesRock N RollDylanShakingBeatles Peace Author:John Lennon
“If you want to put your rock 'n' roll into mythology, [A Period of Transition] is from the Daddy Cool school.” IfsWantSchoolRocksPeriodsMythologyTransitionRock N RollDaddy Author:Van Morrison