“There is danger in the concentration of control in the television and radio networks, especially in the large television and radio stations; danger in the concentration of ownership in the press...and danger in the increasing concentration of selection by book publishers and reviewers and by the producers of radio and television programs.”
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“They say that cats are the only animal that can sit in your lap and ignore you. To which I say: you've never been to the Spearmint Rhino.”
“When men and women punish each other for truth telling, we reinforce the notion that lies are better.”
“It dont matter WHAT your doin, ust as long as you LOOK GOOD doin it”
“Sometimes if I really want to get someone's attention, I'll start a sentence with something like, "I'm not racist, but..." I say, "I'm not racist, but you look great today." They say, "That wasn't racist at all." I said, "I know. I said I'm not racist. You never listen. Typical Mexican."”
“Open books, not legs. Blow minds, not guys”
“An atheist is a man who watches a Notre Dame - Southern Methodist University game and doesn't care who wins.”
“You don't understand music: you hear it. So hear me with your whole body.”
“It's easier to throw sticks on the campfire than to try to restart it when it goes out.”
“Why is marijuana against the law? It grows naturally upon our planet. Doesn’t the idea of making nature against the law seem to you a bit . . . unnatural?”
“If people are kicking you in the behind, at least you're in front of them.”
“Rock music should be gross: that's the fun of it. It gets up and drops its trousers.”
“I don't have interns. I don't have a manager. I don't have assistants. I don't have a secretary. I can't figure out Outlook Express. I'm the worst person in the world answering e-mails, and my phone is probably the oldest, most battered phone you can find. So I just talk to people.”
“If you hang onto something long enough, it will come back in style.. Like ME.”
“Actually, because I'm so small, when I strike an open A chord I get physically thrown to the left, and when I play an open G chord I go right. That's how hard I play, and that's how a lot of my stage act has come about. I just go where the guitar takes me.”
“I don't like to play above or below people's heads. Basically, I just like to get up in front of a crowd and rip it up.”
“Always was Morocco. And recently the country's leadership seems to have embraced it in all its ill-reputed glory. The days of predatory poets in search of literary inspiration and young flesh are probably over for good. Hippies can just as easily get their bong riffs in Portland or Peoria. But the good stuff, the real good stuff, the sounds and smells and the look of Tangier -- what you see and hear when you lean out the window and take it all in -- that's here to stay.”
“Life is fraught with opportunities to keep your mouth shut.”
“Humor was another of the soul's weapons in the fight for self-preservation.”
“Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o'clock is a scoundrel.”