The First Mistake Of Art Is To

I Can Guarantee You One Thing, We Will Never Agree On Anything As We Agreed On Elvis.

A Hero Is A Goddam Stupid Thing To Have In The First Place And A General Block To Anything You Might Wanta Accomplish On Your Own.

Good Rock 'n' Roll Is Something That Makes You Feel Alive. It's Something That's Human, And I Think That Most Music Today Isn't. ... To Me Good Rock 'n' Roll Also Encompasses Other Things, Like Hank Williams And Charlie Mingus And A Lot Of Things That Aren't Strictly Defined As Rock 'n' Roll. Rock 'n' Roll Is An Attitude, It's Not A Musical Form Of A Strict Sort. It's A Way Of Doing Things, Of Approaching Things. Writing Can Be Rock 'n' Roll, Or A Movie Can Be Rock 'n' Roll. It's A Way Of Living Your Life.

The Ultimate Sin Of Any Performer Is Contempt For The Audience.

That's One Reason Why It's Pretty Worthless, I Can't Totally Buy It, If You Think About It, It's Things Like The Phil Spector Records. On One Level They Were Rebellion, On Another Level They Were Keeping The Teenager In His Place.