Kal Ström

“A lot of people ask me where music is going today. I think it's going in short phrases. If you listen, anybody with an ear can hear that. Music is always changing. It changes because of the times and the technology that's available, the material that things are made of, like plastic cars instead of steel. So when you hear an accident today it sounds different, not all the metal colliding like it was in the forties and fifties. Musicians pick up sounds and incorporate that into their playing, so the music that they make will be different.”
― Miles Davis, Miles: The Autobiography

“Är detta kritikens huvudsakliga dimensioner: konsumentupplysning och kanonisering? Ja, men det finns en tredje. Det är det allvarliga samtalet med verket.”
― Horace Engdahl

“Vi smickrar oss när vi påstår att misstron växer ur det svek vi blivit utsatta för. Så är det inte. Misstron växer ur den inskränkthet som består i att inte vilja bli lurad.”
― Horace Engdahl

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
― Mae West