"My criticism hasn't necessarily been informed by the critics I've read. The conversations I've had with friends and fellow musicians have shaped my thinking more than the work of any critic."

-- Sasha Frere-Jones

#Thinking Quotes #Criticism Quotes #Musician Quotes

“Butterflies are but flowers that blew away one sunny day when Nature was feeling at her most inventive and fertile.”
“Pity the selfishness of lovers: it is brief, a forlorn hope; it is impossible.”
“As an astronomer, I get to ignore the details of the things that we dont understand. Theres a lot of work that we can do on scales that we do understand, and there is actually a finite size that I can associate with a super massive black hole.”
“Is it possible to be a revolutionary and like flowers?”
“Public Enemy is the security of the hip-hop party.”
“When you are young, if you can define your long-term dream, - something that you can get passionate about - solidify your values, dare to take a risk and then put a plan together to accomplish that dream... that could be the difference between success and failure in life.”
“Coming from a smaller place always made things feel more personal, which is really what it's all about.”

Source : Interview with John Hawkes, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 6, 2012.
“The power of a sports team in a community it's almost indescribable.”

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