#ere

A revolutionary poem will not tell you who or when to kill, what and when to burn, or even how to theorize. It reminds you... where and when and how you are living and might live, it is a wick of desire. ↗

— Adrienne Rich

#desire #even #how #kill #live

I mean, I think I liked every band I ever played in because each band was different, each band had a different concept, and each band leader was different... different personalities and musical tastes. ↗

— Buddy Rich

#band leader #because #concept #different #different personalities

After 9/11, we realized that all these silly culture wars, and arguing about rock lyrics... who cares? You know, we, for some reason, remembered what our real problems are. ↗

— Frank Rich

#after #arguing #cares #culture #know

I play a percussion instrument, not a musical saw; it needs no amplification. Where it's needed, they put a microphone in front of the bass drum. But, I don't think it's necessary to play that way every night. ↗

— Buddy Rich

#bass #drum #every #every night #front

It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere. ↗

— Agnes Repplier

#easy #elsewhere #find #ourselves #possible

Man thrives where angels would die of ecstasy and where pigs would die of disgust. ↗

— Kenneth Rexroth

#die #disgust #ecstasy #man #pigs

I think what's always been interesting to me than the science and the criminality with this job is what happens to your persona, your disposition, after day in and day out dealing with life and death. ↗

— George Eads

#always #been #criminality #day #dealing

I remember that coming to America was scary for me because everything here is just bigger, better, shinier, you know? ↗

— Ryan Reynolds

#because #better #bigger #coming #everything

I claimed identity as Jewish musicians for political reasons, because most of us were touring in Germany and, at this time, twelve years ago, there was a strong resurgence of Nazism in the places we were touring and part of that was on the music scene. ↗

— Marc Ribot

#because #claimed #germany #i #identity

Don't you see what's at stake here? The ultimate aim of all science to penetrate the unknown. Do you realize we know less about the earth we live on than about the stars and the galaxies of outer space? The greatest mystery is right here, right under our feet. ↗

— Walter Reisch

#aim #earth #feet #galaxies #greatest