"Bob Dylan affects me as overacting while Donovan appears to have real style."
- Charles Bukowski
"Eckhart saw Hell too. He said: The only thing that burns in Hell is the part of you that won't let go of life, your memories, your attachments. They burn them all away. But they're not punishing you, he said. They're freeing your soul. So, if you're frightened of dying and... and you're holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away. But if you've made your peace, then the devils are really angels, freeing you from the earth."
"Your business has probably not brought you into intimate contact with musicians, but mine has. There is a great deal of ‘faking’ and press agent work in the musical profession, and I feel that for the present at least I would rather quit the business than be a party to the boasting up of undeserved reputations."
-Thomas Alva Edison
Below: Todd Rungdren proves to be ahead of his time once again, proving to me that it's okay to play live to backing tracks where you, in effect, accompany yourself...and also that's it's OK to wear those bizarre feather things as eyebrows...anyone know where I could pick some of those up?
