Stephen Davis > Quotes

“While the sound mixing was underway, Bonzo was on the loose, taking care of buisness his own way. One night he showed up backstage at a Deep Purple concert at the Nassau Coliseum on Long Island. Bonzo was drunk and in very high spirits, and was wobbling on his feet in the wings when he noticed a free microphone during a lull in the music. Staggering forward, Bonzo walked out onto the stage before the Deep Purple roadies could grab him. The group stopped playing, amazed, as Bonzo grabbed the mike and shouted, 'My name is John Bonham of Led Zeppelin, and I just wanna tell ya that we got a new album comin' out and that it's fuckin' great!!' Then Bonzo turned to leave, but before he went he turned back and gratuitously insulted Deep Purple's guitarist. 'And as far as Tommy Bolin is concerned, he can't play for shit!!”
― Stephen Davis, Hammer of the Gods

“The kids cheered every time the lights went on and a spotlight revealed Jimmy [Page] bowing his electric guitar, eliciting stygian growls and demonic shrieks, as if to draw the Dark One from his lair in hell. Invariably, some of the more astute of Led Zeppelin's listeners realized that what they were watching was in part a magic show.”
― Stephen Davis, LZ-'75: The Lost Chronicles of Led Zeppelin's 1975 American Tour

“Jim Morrison: I’ve always been attracted to ideas that were about revolt against authority. I like ideas about the breaking away or overthrowing of established order. I am interested in anything about revolt, disorder, chaos—especially activity that seems to have no meaning. It seems to me to be the road toward freedom. External revolt is a way to bring about internal freedom. Rather than starting inside, I start outside—reach the mental through the physical.”
― Stephen Davis

“Rock was different from rock and roll. Rock was virtuosic and adult, as opposed to popsy and teenaged. Rock and roll was apolitical and fun, while rock was "heavy" and often political, creating vistas of psychic energy that carried beyond the music itself and into radical politics and art.”
― Stephen Davis

“Nothing the Rolling Stones ever did was more important than the respect they showed to the music that had inspired them.”
― Stephen Davis, Old Gods Almost Dead

“At some point that year Stevie Nicks became pregnant by Don Henley.”
― Stephen Davis, Gold Dust Woman: The Biography of Stevie Nicks

“Stevie’s epic “Fireflies”
― Stephen Davis, Gold Dust Woman: The Biography of Stevie Nicks

“Nobody heard a hit record in “Rhiannon,” “I Don’t Want To Know,” and “So Afraid.”
― Stephen Davis, Gold Dust Woman: The Biography of Stevie Nicks

“were”
― Stephen Davis, Operation Trojan Horse: The true story behind the most shocking government cover-up of the last thirty years

“the music exalted beyond its already acknowledged position as the greatest body of work any rock band had ever produced.”
― Stephen Davis, Hammer of the Gods: The Led Zeppelin Saga: The Ultimate Rock and Roll Chronicle with Electrifying Detail, Dive Deep into the Legend of Led Zeppelin

“I’ve narrowed it down to nobody,”
― Stephen Davis, Gold Dust Woman: The Biography of Stevie Nicks

“because she longer”
― Stephen Davis, Operation Trojan Horse: The true story behind the most shocking government cover-up of the last thirty years

“So from Janis I learned that to make it as a female musician in a man’s world is going to be tough, and you need to keep your head held high. From Jimi, I learned flamboyance, grace, and humility.”
― Stephen Davis, Gold Dust Woman: The Biography of Stevie Nicks

“One night, Stevie asked Jane when she met Tom. She replied, “Ah met him at the edge of seventeen.” Stevie, puzzled, said, “Did you say the ‘edge’ of seventeen?”
― Stephen Davis, Gold Dust Woman: The Biography of Stevie Nicks

“Years later, after Henley had spoken publicly about this pregnancy, Stevie gave an interview to Billboard during which she was asked about this in reference to one of her songs. She replied, “Had I married Don and had that baby, and had she been a girl, I would have named her Sara. But there was another woman in my life then named Sara; so it’s accurate, but not the entirety of it.”
― Stephen Davis, Gold Dust Woman: The Biography of Stevie Nicks

“Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Florence Welch—acknowledged Stevie as a major influence on their careers, and Stevie allowed that this was flattering. A”
― Stephen Davis, Gold Dust Woman: The Biography of Stevie Nicks

“Неземните ултратънки лазерни лъчи разсичат въздуха, докато трае шоуто на Джими с лъка, а Плант вкарва откъси от "Woodstock". Представлението завършва със "Stairway to Heaven", последвана от бисовете "Whole Lotta Love" и "Black Dog". И така - пет поредни вечери.”
― Stephen Davis, Hammer of the Gods