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Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of individuality.
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Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of individuality.
The passions, whether violent or not, should never be so expressed as to reach the point of causing disgust; and music, even in situations of the greatest horror, should never be painful to the ear but should flatter and charm it, and thereby always remain music.
It was just playing music. I didn't have any intention for it. I knew that I enjoyed making this kind of music.... It was really just purely for the joy of doing it. It was a lot of fun.
I'm the greatest guitar player in the world! I can play Heavy Metal God dammit!
The Athanasian Creed is the most splendid ecclesiastical lyric ever poured forth by the genius of man.
Don't play the saxophone. Let it play you.
Melody is the essence of music. I compare a good melodist to a fine racer, and counterpointists to hack post-horses; therefore be advised, let well alone and remember the old Italian proverb: Chi sa più, meno sa—Who knows most, knows least.
Musicians are seldom unemotional; a woman who could sing like that must know how to love indeed.
Music is my life and my life is music. Anyone who does not understand this is not worthy of God.
All great rock bands have a little dirt in their faces.