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“The only thing that made the music different was that we were taking lyrics to places they had never been before. The thing that makes art interesting is when an artist has incredible pain or incredible rage. The New York bands were much more into their pain, while the English bands were much more into their rage. The Sex Pistols' songs were written out of anger, wheras Johnny was writing songs because he was brokenhearted over Sable...”
― Legs McNeil, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk

tags: art, music

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“But then on meeting you, I felt I should be with you always.”
― Tim Burton, Tim Burton's Corpse Bride: An Invitation to the Wedding

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“The night is a wonderful country to rule.”
― Alexander Chee, The Queen of the Night

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“Victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.”
― William Faulkner

tags: philsophical-thought

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“Overnight, punk had become as stupid as everything else. This wonderful vital force that was articulated by the music was really about corrupting every form—it was about advocating kids to not wait to be told what to do, but make life up for themselves, it was about trying to get people to use their imaginations again, it was about not being perfect, it was about saying it was okay to be amateurish and funny, that real creativity came out of making a mess, it was about working with what you got in front of you and turning everything embarrassing, awful, and stupid in your life to your advantage.”
― Legs McNeil, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk

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