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I was 12 in '55 when rock and roll hit. It just completely transformed me.


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I think Blank Generation holds up pretty well. You listen to that with headphones and there's a lot going on there with the guitars- it's the product of a lot of fighting.

I think Blank Generation holds up pretty well. You listen to that with headphones and there's a lot going on there with the guitars- it's the product of a lot of fighting.



It was just like Howlin' Wolf. Once you arrive at the point that you understand it, the emotional factor is darker than some of the saddest blues stuff.

It was just like Howlin' Wolf. Once you arrive at the point that you understand it, the emotional factor is darker than some of the saddest blues stuff.



I never really followed grunge.

I never really followed grunge.



By many peoples' standards, my playing is very primitive but by punk standards, I'm a virtuoso.

By many peoples' standards, my playing is very primitive but by punk standards, I'm a virtuoso.



By then I was in Brooklyn and drank my way through that summer. I stopped when I got sick of that and got a job at the Strand bookstore, which was a little better than the tax job.

By then I was in Brooklyn and drank my way through that summer. I stopped when I got sick of that and got a job at the Strand bookstore, which was a little better than the tax job.



Reading music is something that's inherently hateful to me. It makes music like mathematics.

Reading music is something that's inherently hateful to me. It makes music like mathematics.



Meanwhile after failing the bar twice, I knew some people in New York and moved here in August '71.

Meanwhile after failing the bar twice, I knew some people in New York and moved here in August '71.



I was coerced into taking piano lessons in the early '50s. It was a quite unpleasant experience.

I was coerced into taking piano lessons in the early '50s. It was a quite unpleasant experience.



I started off with the really funky stuff like Ramsey Lewis, Milt Jackson, Kenny Burrell.

I started off with the really funky stuff like Ramsey Lewis, Milt Jackson, Kenny Burrell.



After I exhausted the blues thing, I got into jazz.

After I exhausted the blues thing, I got into jazz.





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I mean, what do people talk about when they're married?" "Their kids, I guess." "Maybe that's all they have in common.



Unpleasant reading on the subject of anger tells us that there's not really anything wrong with it. In limited amounts. It can even be a good thing. A pressure valve.

Unpleasant reading on the subject of anger tells us that there's not really anything wrong with it. In limited amounts. It can even be a good thing. A pressure valve.



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People who are suffering have to visualize ways out of tragedy to actually get out of it.



I abominate any organization that denies cats are people!

I abominate any organization that denies cats are people!



I lay my head on the wheel and the horn begins honking, the whole neighborhood knows that I'm home drunk again.

I lay my head on the wheel and the horn begins honking, the whole neighborhood knows that I'm home drunk again.



My life is passed in making bad jokes and seeing them turn into true prophecies.

My life is passed in making bad jokes and seeing them turn into true prophecies.



In most marriages, there is a contented partner and a restless one.

In most marriages, there is a contented partner and a restless one.



The harm which is done by credulity in a man is not confined to the fostering of a credulous character in others, and consequent support of false beliefs.

The harm which is done by credulity in a man is not confined to the fostering of a credulous character in others, and consequent support of false beliefs.



You can't hit a target you cannot see, and you cannot see a target you do not have

You can't hit a target you cannot see, and you cannot see a target you do not have




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