"From the earliest time the old have rubbed it into the young that they are wiser, and before the young had discovered what nonsense this was they were old too, and it profited them to carry on the imposture."

-- W. Somerset Maugham

#Aging Quotes #Nonsense Quotes #Young Quotes

“I'm like a small farmer who interacts with people who consume what I make and tend my little patch of ground, and the Spotifys of the world, which are like McDonald's, are going to make people less aware of how the thing gets made and of its value.”

Source : "Station to Station: The Past, Present, and Future of Streaming Music". Interview with Eric Harvey, pitchfork.com. April 16, 2014.
“Wow, you're never allowed to sleep late again. You're crankier than a fat guy in stilettos.”
“My spiritual high naturally dissipated. At some point you've got to come out of the clouds and live real life. Again, it's just like falling in love. The feeling of euphoria is only temporary.”

Source : Pattie Mallette, A. J. Gregory (2012). “Nowhere but Up: The Story of Justin Bieber's Mom”, p.84, Baker Books
“To me, living in the present means being aware of your conscious choice to focus on the past, present or future - it is not necessarily having to focus on the present.”
“The only reaction against an unbearable society is equally unbearable nonsense.”

Source : Kathy Acker (1997). “Bodies of Work: Essays”, Serpents Tail
“Audio is the only medium you can consume while you're multitasking.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com
“Hip-hop is a voice for voiceless poor people.”
“I got the idea [for Anthem's theme] in my school days, in Soviet Russia, when I heard all the vicious attacks on individualism, and asked myself what the world would be like if men lost the word 'I.'”

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