"How wonderful opera would be if there were no singers."

-- Gioachino Rossini

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“I loved the MC5 and the Stooges, but also, the British Invasion - the Kinks and the Yardbirds - and then Led Zeppelin, of course. Alice Cooper was one of my favorite bands.”

Source : "Hot Tracks: John Varvatos". Interview with Lisa Robinson, www.vanityfair.com. October 2013.
“I had no ambition to become an actor at all.”
“I am deeply saddened to hear the news of Dan's passing. He was a dear friend for many years. Dan & his music will live on in the great songs he shared with us all. My sincere condolences go out to Catherine and the entire Peek family. May he rest in peace...”

Source : "Dan Peek, Co-Founder of '70s Band America, Dies". www.hollywoodreporter.com. July 26, 2011.
“In real life, Keaton believes in God. But she also believes that the radio works because there are tiny people inside it.”
“If you want to write something of length, however modern and radical, you must live the life of an elderly gentleman of the 1950s.”
“The world is a fine place and worth the fighting for and I hate very much to leave it.”
“Self-imposed limits on sovereign power can disarm mistrust, but provide no guarantee of liberty and property beyond those afforded by the balance between state and private force.”
“Liberty cannot be caged into a charter or handed on ready-made to the next generation. Each generation must recreate liberty for its own times. Whether or not we establish freedom rests with ourselves.”

Source : Florence Ellinwood Allen (1940). “This Constitution of ours”

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