Dave Marsh > Quotes

“Decadent self-expression has no place in rock and roll.”
― Dave Marsh, Fortunate Son: The Best of Dave Marsh

“Daltrey was by all accounts the toughest man in the Who; maybe the toughest man in London. Filled with blue collar attitude, he strutted around the stage, screaming out the rage of a century of London's dead end lives, roaring like a young lion trapped in a decadent, dying England. Townsend wrote prettily, daydreaming foolishly individualistic dreams of artistic expression, but it was Roger's sledghammer voice that smashed the skulls of the enemy.”
― Dave Marsh, Before I Get Old: The Story of the Who

“Singles also have an endearing ability to get out of their own way: Imagine trying to extend "Pappa-Oom-Mow-Mow" for an entire album (and one thing you'll have imagined is a central dilemma of some of today's best recordmakers).”
― Dave Marsh, The Heart Of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made

“Covers by a thousand bad white blues imitators damn near wore the song out.”
― Dave Marsh, The Heart Of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made