"What I consider to be the barometer for what is a rock artist and what is not, is somebody who has a certain element of blues, even a hint of soul or blues music, derivative of African-American blues, folk, spiritual, or gospel."

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Source : "Ian Astbury on the Death of the Rock Star". Interview with Mick Stingley, www.esquire.com. December 27, 2013.

Ian Astbury

#Spiritual Quotes #Artist Quotes #Rocks Quotes

“I love winning more than I love playing badminton. Winning is everything.”
“Boredom is a mask frustration wears.”
“I became very sensitive to what will happen to all this and all of us.”
“What we call little things are merely the causes of great things.”
“You just get the vibes of your surroundings and it rubs off on you.”

Source : "The World’s Most Beautiful College Dorms" by Claire Cottrell, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 18, 2012.
“I want to have a cultural impact. I want to be an inspiration, to show people what can be done.”
“I don't think there are any footsteps to be walked in. No one else has taken things that you can buy at the grocery store and put them together. I hope that I have a career as long as Julia Child.”

Source : "Sandra Lee: Food Network Didn’t Want Cocktails, Hopes Career Is As Long As Julia Child’s" by Rob Shuter, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 9, 2012.
“These messages that we are sending our kids and the kind of lives people lead today so superficial it seems, just a lot of phony stuff. What does it mean when you really stop and think about it's kind of stupid.”

Source : Interview with Chris Yandek, www.cyinterview.com. May 4, 2007.

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