There is no pop category, let alone any infinitely gene-sliced genre name, to contain the lead in Rihanna’s voice in ‘Needed Me.’ Greil Marcus Read Quote
There’s been a streak of vengeance and carnage in all of Dylan’s records except for the Christmas record, since 2001, since ‘Love and Theft.’ Particularly on ‘Modern Times’ in 2006. Greil Marcus Read Quote
I learned a long time ago that not becoming friendly with the people you write about is a way to maintain your freedom to say whatever you damn well please. Greil Marcus Read Quote
I tend not to meet the people I write about because I’m not really interested in the people I write about as people. I don’t want to know about their family life. I don’t want to know about their bad habits or their good deeds. I’m interested in their work. Greil Marcus Read Quote
I’ve always known why I do what I do. I didn’t need to be psychoanalysed to find that out. Greil Marcus Read Quote
I want another idea, another project, but you can’t make them up. They show up. Greil Marcus Read Quote
My father was executive officer, which is second-in-command, on a ship called the Hull, one of three ordered into a typhoon by Admiral Halsey – an insane and sadistic decision. Greil Marcus Read Quote
When I’m struck by things, I want to hear more and find out more. I remember when Lana Del Rey was on ‘SNL,’ this supposedly disastrous performance. She’s doing this pretentious torch song, and I thought, ‘I don’t know what she’s doing, but it’s really moving me.’ Greil Marcus Read Quote
My ideal reader is somebody who trips over a copy of my book on the sidewalk; then they pick it up and read as they walk. Somebody who comes in knowing nothing, caring nothing, but responds to the story. Greil Marcus Read Quote
