Bill Laswell Quotes
I've never used ethnic music as decoration for profit.
Bill Laswell
Quotes to Explore
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I went to community college for about a year but I'd started taking music seriously by then so I dropped out.
Caitlin Rose
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I am a Justin Bieber fan, but I am also so fascinated by how weird pop music can be and how manipulated it can be, so I enjoy thinking about that side of it too. I feel bad for him. I could never imagine growing up that way.
Tavi Gevinson
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The materialism, the brashness, the misogyny - everything in hip-hop is amplified. Misogyny is a good example of something that is completely amplified in hip-hop. I do think there is more than enough of a balance, though, for fans who are willing to search it out.
Talib Kweli
Black Star
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Music has become so ever-present in our lives. You can't walk through a shopping mall or go into a restaurant without what we used to call Muzak.
J. K. Simmons
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My music is like a spinning ball. It can turn in one direction, and then it comes back to origins.
Youssou N'Dour
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The thing with me is, about that - about rock and all that - years and years of crate-digging, listening to old music, you kind of start to connect the dots. And I was seeing the thread that was connecting everything together, which is pretty much the blues. And everything soul or funk kind of starts with that.
D'Angelo
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I go to music festivals, and people want to talk to me about racism. I'm like, 'Bro, I'm trying to have fun!'
Daniel Kaluuya
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I see three strong wireless equipment companies involved, and Psion is strong in palmtop devices, ... They have lots of promise, but I'm not sure what the strength on the software side is. Why not make a product that uses Windows CE?
Chris Chaney
Jane's Addiction
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I don't have many friends. It's not because I'm a misanthrope. It's because I'm reserved. I'm self-contained. I get all my adventures in my head when I'm writing my books.
Ian Rankin
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A good villain exudes charisma and power. He has principles, though; that just gives him a level of dimension. It makes him seem to be a bit unpredictable, because he's usually deemed as some type of evil, ruthless person, and then he shows you his principles, and you don't know what to think of it.
Terrence LeVarr Thornton
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When I was 20 and ran my first race, I told myself I don't know how I'm going to do this for a living. I don't have the money to do it. But it is what I want to do.
Dale Jarrett
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I've never used ethnic music as decoration for profit.
Bill Laswell