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

“I haven't been everywhere, but it's on my list.”
― Susan Sontag

“Men en dag, en fruktansvärd och lycklig dag, skulle hon inte behöva orka mer, då skulle Olof också kunna klara sig. Då skulle hon ha rätt att vara trött, ha rätt att dö. Den dagen. Måtte den komma snart, måtte den aldrig komma.”
― Per Anders Fogelström, Barn av sin stad

“It is always the Age of Iron, and the Golden Age is always behind us, giving off a luster that illuminates the terminal shabbiness of our present condition.”
― A.O. Scott, Better Living Through Criticism: How to Think About Art, Pleasure, Beauty, and Truth