vintage thoughts from others, vintage thoughts from me - varying degrees of profundity
- thoughts quoted for the turn of thought / phrase rather than for truth value - quoted not necessarily because i agree with them or approve of them
"We committed the unpardonable error of playing
to the thinkers rather than the drinkers" - Nick Cave, 1981, on The Boys Next Door, precursor group to The Birthday Party
Friday, August 7, 2020
"Without contraries is no progression. Attraction and repulsion, reason and energy, love and hate, are necessary to human existence." - William Blake
Friday, July 17, 2020
“For a few years after learning music, I did not sing, I only listened; I heard a lot of music of different kinds. This is an education which is as important as practicing music. The singer has to be a great thief. From each person take the best to create your own style.”
- Bhimsen Joshi 1997
Tuesday, July 7, 2020
"There is nothing more musical than a sunset" - Claude Debussy
Friday, June 26, 2020
"Green eyed soul consumed with envy for another time" - David Toop
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
"Fame is finally only the sum total of all the misunderstandings that can gather around a new name" --Rilke
