"When I read John Cage's book Silence, I was growing up in Louisville, Kentucky. For me, records were a mode of time travel and geographic travel, interfacing with a much larger world. So it seemed antiquated and backwards that Cage would be so down on them."

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Source : Source: pitchfork.com

David Grubbs

#Growing Up Quotes #Book Quotes #Silence Quotes

“We want peace with all our hearts. But peace cannot be achieved through weakness.”
“I share this view, that Hillary Clinton did not get a fair chance with both media perspectives and the subtleties on the gender discrimination. I think there was in the media particularly there's a zone of protection around Senator Obama on race where none existed on gender.”

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“And I continued to grow until I was 25 years old.”
“With writing music, as a general rule I'm looking for something that surprises me, that doesn't fall within what's easy for me.”

Source : Interview with Jenn Pelly, pitchfork.com. August 10, 2012.
“Ultimately though, we are not responsible for another's happiness. The unhappy person almost always suffers from self-inflicted pain.”
“Leadership is something you earn, something you're chosen for. You can't come in yelling, 'I'm your leader!' If it happens, it's because the other guys respect you.”
“I like the idea of R-rated franchises.”
“I adore tradition. I cannot stand habit. Simply to repeat is nothing, also to destroy is nothing. Tradition is never interrupted, we are always evolving but never interrupted.”

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