"Rock is stronger than any misguided theories of cultural events. It's bigger than that."
"The guitar is like a cuisine and you can't expect people to eat the same thing all the time."
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Source: Richard M. Nixon's address to Bob Haldeman (February 1, 1972) as quoted in Counterpunch, March 12, 2002.
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