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But you have to give your whole life to a cello. When I realized that, I went back to the guitar and just turned the volume up a bit louder. ↗

— Ritchie Blackmore

#bit #cello #give #guitar #i

Hendrix inspired me, but I was still more into Wes Montgomery. I was also into the Allman Brothers around the time of those albums. ↗

— Ritchie Blackmore

#also #around #brothers #hendrix #i

In a repressive society, a writer can be deeply influential, but in a society that's filled with glut and repetition and endless consumption, the act of terror may be the only meaningful act. ↗

— Don DeLillo

#consumption #deeply #endless #filled #glut

There's a moral force in a sentence when it comes out right. It speaks the writer's will to live. ↗

— Don DeLillo

#force #live #moral #out #right

I wanted to start working on something that had a lasting effect. ↗

— Dan Deacon

#had #i #lasting #something #start

I don't mind being black. I'm black out loud. It's more than the people that they are, it's the condition that they represent. ↗

— Mos Def

#black #condition #i #loud #mind

American writers ought to stand and live in the margins, and be more dangerous. ↗

— Don DeLillo

#american writers #dangerous #live #margins #more

Californians invented the concept of life-style. This alone warrants their doom. ↗

— Don DeLillo

#californians #concept #doom #invented #their

I saw a photograph of a wedding conducted by Reverend Moon of the Unification Church. I wanted to understand this event, and the only way to understand it was to write about it. ↗

— Don DeLillo

#church #conducted #event #i #moon

I think more than writers, the major influences on me have been European movies, jazz, and Abstract Expressionism. ↗

— Don DeLillo

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