VIDEO What shocks me is that this guy is serious. How can you be so self centered, yet so clueless at the same time?
November 25, 2010 | Categories: They Said What? | Tags: douchebags , Kanye West | Leave A Comment »
Well there are three things men can do with women: love them, suffer for them or turn them into literature. I’ve had my share of success and failure at all three. “
-Stephen Stills
September 6, 2010 | Categories: They Said What? | Tags: Stephen Stills | Leave A Comment »
-Townes Van Zandt
March 16, 2010 | Categories: They Said What? | Tags: Townes Van Zandt | Leave A Comment »
Learn to play two chords, and then get yourself a lawyer before learning the third. “
Tommy Iommi
February 23, 2010 | Categories: They Said What? | Tags: Black Sabbath , Tommy Iommi | Leave A Comment »
Talking about music is like dancing about architecture. “
-Steve Martin
December 22, 2009 | Categories: They Said What? | Tags: Steve Martin | Leave A Comment »
Music, in performance, is a type of sculpture. The air in the performance is sculpted into something .”
-Frank Zappa
October 13, 2009 | Categories: Frank Zappa , They Said What? | Tags: Frank Zappa | Leave A Comment »
It’s a shame that jazz is now being turned into dried fruit. It’s becoming quantized, diced and defined. To me, jazz is more like a process than it is a thing .”
-Pat Metheny
October 9, 2009 | Categories: They Said What? | Tags: Pat Metheny | Leave A Comment »
Even though my hearing has declined, I can still perceive things, although they tend to be loud, the things that I perceive .”
-Phil Lesh
September 29, 2009 | Categories: Phil Lesh , They Said What? | Tags: Phil Lesh | Leave A Comment »
I’ve been imitated so well I’ve heard people copy my mistakes .”
-Jimi Hendrix
August 6, 2009 | Categories: They Said What? | Tags: Jimi Hendrix | Leave A Comment »
The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There’s also a negative side. “
- Hunter S. Thompson
July 31, 2009 | Categories: They Said What? | Tags: Hunter S. Thompson | Leave A Comment »
After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music .”
-Aldous Huxley
June 21, 2009 | Categories: They Said What? | Tags: Aldous Huxley | Leave A Comment »
“I’m for anything that gets you through the night, be it prayer, tranquilizers, or a bottle of Jack Daniels.”
-Frank Sinatra to Playboy (1963)
April 16, 2009 | Categories: Frank Sinatra , They Said What? | Tags: Frank Sinatra | Leave A Comment »
-Frank Sinatra on Elvis Presley and rock music
December 22, 2008 | Categories: They Said What? | Tags: Elvis Presley , Frank Sinatra | 2 Comments »
“Let me be blunt. When Bruce Springsteen puts out a new album I pay attention. Same with Neil Young. Because they’re major artists who have something to say. I consider us in that category. When we do something it should be taken seriously, even when we’re off. If we’re marginalized by the culture, we’re not going to play dead and say thank you for our B-plus status. “
December 10, 2008 | Categories: They Said What? | Tags: Billy Corgan , Smashing Pumpkins | Leave A Comment »
“I’d like to see Christ come back and crush the spirit of hate and make men put down their guns. I’d also like another hit single.”
As a bonus, here’s a top rate version of her and Ike with “Proud Mary”:
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November 13, 2008 | Categories: They Said What? | Tags: Ike Turner , Tina Turner | Leave A Comment »
“Well there are three things men can do with women: love them, suffer for them or turn them into literature. I’ve had my share of success and failure at all three.“
“There’s only two kinds of music: the blues and zippety doo dah.”“Learn to play two chords, and then get yourself a lawyer before learning the third.“
“Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.“
“Music, in performance, is a type of sculpture. The air in the performance is sculpted into something.”
“It’s a shame that jazz is now being turned into dried fruit. It’s becoming quantized, diced and defined. To me, jazz is more like a process than it is a thing.”
“Even though my hearing has declined, I can still perceive things, although they tend to be loud, the things that I perceive.”
“I’ve been imitated so well I’ve heard people copy my mistakes.”
“The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There’s also a negative side.“
“After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.”
“His music is deplorable, a rancid smelling aphrodisiac.”
Billy Corgan in The Chicago Tribune:
From the “Private Dancer” herself, Ms. Tina Turner:
