Don Letts famous quotes

Basically the subcultures formed in the U.K. because the mainstream was not satisfying the needs of certain people like myself. So through music and through style, we found our tribe, we found like-minded rebels.
-- Don Letts

#People #Style #Tribes

In England, where I come from, fashion and music go hand in hand. They're integral to each other.
-- Don Letts

#Fashion #Hands #England

[In] the 21st century, the mainstream can satisfy your every whim. I guess the idea of walking around with groups of people dressed the same and saying, "I'm only into ska" or "I'm only into whatever" - is kind of restrictive in the 21st century. I don't know if it's a bad thing that these movements have run their course. I think what I miss about it is the collective experience.
-- Don Letts

#Running #Thinking #Ideas

I do think the internet has killed the mystery of the planet. It's removed the pain, the passion, and the struggle - I firmly believe they're all part of creativity.
-- Don Letts

#Pain #Believe #Struggle

I'm fifty-six years old - I'm as old as rock 'n roll.
-- Don Letts

#Rocks #Years #Rock N Roll

The whole journey of style-driven subcultural movements is finished now in the UK. The internet kind of killed it.
-- Don Letts

#Journey #Style #Movement

I don't think there's any problem with technology. Actually rewind that thought - there is a downside to affordable technology, and that's mediocrity. I mean just 'cause you can afford it don't mean you can do it.
-- Don Letts

#Mean #Technology #Thinking

Often we want people to pray for us and help us, but we always defeat our object when we look too much to them and lean upon them. The true secret of union is for both to look upon God, and in the act of looking past themselves to Him they are unconsciously united.

There are a lot of people who know me who can't understand for the life of them why I would got to work on something as unserious as baseball. If they only knew.

People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.

People who deal with life generously and large-heartedly go on multiplying relationships to the end.

The requirements of health, and the style of female attire which custom enjoins, are in direct antagonism to each other.

Your aim will be knowledge and wisdom, not the reflected glamour of fame.

Postmodernism is a freewheeling, unfettered, and unapologetic pursuit of style.

the search for the ultimate skyscraper goes on. ... At worst, overbuilding will make urban life unbearable. At best, we will go out in a blaze of style.

Many South African tribes used extracts from the African bush willow to heal the sick.

Those who appreciate the ways of simple tribes, where every activity is direct and immediately understandable, are able to live among them.