"Most people get into bands for three very simple rock and roll reasons: to get laid, to get fame, and to get rich."

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Source : 1977 In Melody Maker, 27 Aug.

Bob Geldof

#Simple Quotes #Rocks Quotes #Rock And Roll Quotes

“If Wells recognized any merit in [Henry] James, it was his undeniable talent for using very long sentences in order to say nothing at all. p. 516”
“When our mothers are alive and healthy, they do extraordinary things... like the mothers of Plaza de Mayo, who marched in Argentinean plazas, defying the military junta dictatorship and demanding the whereabouts of their abducted children... or the Liberian mothers who faced down civil war armed only with T-shirts and courage.”

Source : "Let’s Make Mother’s Day a Global Reality" by Liya Kebede, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 7, 2009.
“I don't like to think of my readership as 'fans,' a word which has always suggested a kind of power relationship I'm uncomfortable with.”
“Whatever the reasons, I enjoyed being nude; it felt natural to me. I got the same kind of pleasure from being free of clothing that many people get from being well dressed.”

Source : Edward Weston, Charis Wilson (1993). “Edward Weston: nudes : his photographs accompanied by excerpts from the daybooks & letters”
“While the spoken word can travel faster, you cant take it home in your hand. Only the written word can be absorbed wholly at the convenience of the reader.”

Source : "The enduring American press: texts of talks given by a panel of distinguished journalists and scholars at a symposium marking the 200th anniversary of the Hartford Courant, Hartford, Connecticut". Book by The Hartford Courant, 1964.
“Satire must always accompany any free society. It is an absolute necessity. Even in the most repressive medieval kingdoms, they understood the need for the court jester, the one soul allowed to tell the truth through laughter. It is, in many ways, the most powerful form of free speech because it is aimed at those in power, or those whose ideas would spread hate. It is the canary in the coalmine, a cultural thermometer, and it always has to push, push, push the boundaries of society to see how much itâ€™s grown.”
“Give people plenty of opportunity to enjoy themselves by emphasizing ways that let people participate in the experience...”
“Poetry is prose in slow motion.”

Source : Nicholson Baker (2009). “The Anthologist: A Novel”, p.9, Simon and Schuster

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