"Occasionally I hear a band that blows me away. For instance, there's a musician in Oakland named Weasel Walter who has a band called the Flying Luttenbachers. Go see the Flying Luttenbachers when they're in your town. He's one of the greatest rock composers who ever lived, and he's struggling and living like a poverty-stricken hermit."

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Source : Interview with Simon Dasher, pitchfork.com. April 30, 2006.

Glenn Branca

#Struggle Quotes #Blow Quotes #Rocks Quotes

“There are no air conditioners in Hell”
“For mental and emotional health, quiet time is very important to me. I need a point in every day that I disconnect from all electronics and reconnect to my center. I pray and meditate. I drink a ton of water and believe in a good night's sleep.”
“To be honest, because there's loud music in my ears probably three hours a day, between sound check and the show, I listen to podcasts more than I listen to music on the road.”
“If you're going to play a cowboy, show up with the horse at the audition”
“If we take the time, no matter how crazy and troubled we feel, we can find something to be thankful for.”
“The rose has told In one simplicity That never life Relinquishes a bloom But to bestow An ancient confidence.”

Source : "Venus Invisible and Other Poems" by Nathalia Crane, ("Tadmore"), 1928.
“Infuse your life with action...”
“...She'd gone past interest, swung into attraction, burst through lust, tripped over affection, and was now skidding out of control into love.”

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