“I'm an avowed modernist. I'm for the new thing. I came to the conclusion many years ago that rock music is essentially a conservative form.” YearsFormRocksMusic IsYears AgoConservativeConclusionNew ThingsRock Music Author:Rob Chapman
“Life, the moment. Where the magic is. That's what really keeps me motivated, alive, hungry. I'm still as excited and motivated now as I was twenty-five years ago, and that's because I really live for those moments. And that's where the art comes from, that's where the music is born, that's where it all appears. I love it.” YearsArtStillsMomentsBornFiveAliveMagicMusic IsYears AgoTwentiesExcitedHungryFive YearsMotivatedTwenty Five Author:Lenny Kravitz
“Johnny Jewel is how people were maybe two hundred years ago. Back then, when people got up in the morning, they knew what they had to do to get through the day - there were 100% less decisions. Nowadays, we have to decide what we want to buy in grocery stores, what job to take, what work to do. But not Johnny. For him, it's all right there - it's a freer state, and that's what my music is looking for... ... To understand Johnny, you should think of William Blake. He was the same kinda guy.” PeopleThinkingWantShouldYearsTwoStatesJobsGuyDecisionMorningMusic IsHundredYears AgoStoresJewelsGroceriesGrocery StoresBlake Author:Tom Verlaine
“I think the old school, back in the day, 10 to 15 years ago in music, is like you launch one single and you just let that ride out. Right now, you've got folks like Chris Brown, he just won't let up, he's got mixtape after mixtape, they're playing songs on the radio from the mixtape and then he's got songs on the album and videos and he's got remixes he's jumping on.” ThinkingYearsSchoolSongLike YouRight NowMusic IsYears AgoFolksRadioAlbumsVideoBrownJumpingOld SchoolBack In The DayRemixMixtapes Author:Tyrese Gibson
“I said it before and I’ll say it again: books are dead, plays are dead, poems are dead: there’s only movies. Music is still okay, because music is sound track. Ten, fifteen years ago, every arts student wanted to be a novelist or a playwright. I’d be amazed if you could find a single one now with such a dead-end ambition. They all want to make movies. Not write movies. You don’t write movies. You make movies.” IfsWantWritingYearsArtSaidStillsBookEndsPlayWantedSoundStudentsTenAmbitionMusic IsYears AgoOkayTrackNovelistsFifteenAmazedPlaywrightFifteen YearsDead EndsArt Students Book:Making History Source: Making History