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This site is no longer being kept up to date, but it has some nice quotes from past reads.Toby Litt :: I Play the Drums in a Band Called Okay
What is it about pages of paragraphs without the relief of pictures that makes musicians go so pretentious?
I asked: 'Is it inevitable that as we get older we get sadder?'
She didn't answer.
'I feel I did things better when I didn't know so much about them.'
She didn't answer.
'I feel I did things better when I didn't know so much about them.'
To be famous is to be put in a position where failure is your only option. And when you've failed, and fallen completely out of view, it's not too bad - you achieve total has-been status, and are ignored. But the way down is the roughest ride, not the same as the way up in reverse, not at all. Up is booster rockets and G-forces. Down is spine-jangling bumps and bouncing reality checks. They hurt, and you develop a soul-wince - a wince back in the direction of fame and its safety harnesses.
books i've read..
2013 [12 read]
2012 [36 read]
2011 [5 read]
2010 [6 read]
2009 [5 read]
2008 [21 read]
2007 [31 read]
2006 [37 read]
2005 [37 read]
2004 [32 read]
2003 [18 read]
2002 [52 read]
2001 [43 read]
2000 [7 read]
1999 [25 read]
1998 [3 read]
unknown year [65 read]
read over the years
2013 [12 read]
2012 [36 read]
2011 [5 read]
2010 [6 read]
2009 [5 read]
2008 [21 read]
2007 [31 read]
2006 [37 read]
2005 [37 read]
2004 [32 read]
2003 [18 read]
2002 [52 read]
2001 [43 read]
2000 [7 read]
1999 [25 read]
1998 [3 read]
unknown year [65 read]
read over the years