"Record labels collude with some of the radio stations, and the radio stations have their play lists, dependent upon what they call the, quote, 'hits.' What's commercially viable gets recycled, endlessly repeated, and as a result of that, the progressive music can't break in."

-- Michael Eric Dyson

#Play Quotes #Labels Quotes #Records Quotes

“If the infinite had not desired man to be wise, he would not have bestowed upon him the faculty of knowing.”
“In war, only the simple succeeds.”
“When is conduct a crime, and when is a crime not a crime? When "Somebody Up There" - a monarch, a dictator, a Pope, a legislator - so decrees.”

Source : Jessica Mitford (1973). “Kind and usual punishment: the prison business”, Not Avail
“Susceptibility to the highest forces is the highest genius.”
“I think you have to write what you want to watch.”
“The clearer you are about the consequences of your actions and the more intensely you desire to enjoy the consequences that your behaviors may lead to, the more motivated you will be.”
“A search is a search, even if it happens to disclose nothing but the bottom of a turntable.”
“When I'm out the country, ***** call me Neeki. Hi, how are you? Yes, it's nice to meet me.”

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