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I love to rock 'n roll. But my finest suit, of all the things I do, is as a songwriter. ↗

Around 1967 I began backing away from dogmatic Leninism, not so much because I thought it was false, I just decided there was nothing utopian about it. ↗

— Henry Flynt

#around #away #backing #because #began

At the same time, I was listening to black music, and I began to think that the best musicians were receiving the worst treatment. The people who were doing the greatest work were despised as lower class, with no dignity accorded to what they did. ↗

— Henry Flynt

#began #best #black #black music #class

The whole drive of western culture, the part of it which is serious, is towards an extreme objectification. It's carried to the point where the human subject is treated almost as if it's dirt in the works of a watch. ↗

— Henry Flynt

#carried #culture #dirt #drive #extreme

Such is my relationship with God: on my gigantic canvass of life, I am the one throwing all of the brightly-colored paints, creating genuine splatters, authentic whirlpools of color, beautiful patterns, wonderful streaks and stains and wild accents; God is the one with the paintbrush who stands beside my canvass filling all the intricate and amazing details in between the whirlpools and the streaks! We're happy together! ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#god #inspirational-god #inspirational-life #inspirational-quotes #life-and-living

Being in a wheelchair for 30 years. I'm not whining about it because I don't dwell on things I can't do anything about, you know. I never really think about until somebody mentions it. I did take a bullet. ↗

— Larry Flynt

#anything #because #being #bullet #did

There's nothing that will change someone's moral outlook quicker than cash in large sums. ↗

— Larry Flynt

#change #large #large sums #moral #nothing

My life is as an artist, not an entertainer. I don't consider myself an entertainer, but I can do that thing when I want to. ↗

— Dan Fogelberg

#consider #entertainer #i #i can #life

My upbringing made me think that real legitimate music is written, not heard. ↗

— Dan Fogelberg

#legitimate #made #me #music #real

But I think beautiful is simple and elegant, like a ballad with simple harmony. ↗