Look at it this way: There are many here among us for whom the life force is best represented by the livid twitching of one tortured nerve, or even a…

- Lester Bangs

Nothing ever quite dies, it just comes back in a different form.

- Lester Bangs

I'm not saying that all college students are subhuman - I'm just saying that if you aim to spend a few years mastering the art of pomposity, these ar…

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The only questions worth asking today are whether humans are going to have any emotions tomorrow, and what the quality of life will be if the answer …

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The great thing about The Clash of course is that they keep searching for answers beyond that.

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. . . rock and roll, as I see it, is the ultimate populist art form, democracy in action, because it's true: anybody can do it.

- Lester Bangs

Realizing that life is precious the natural tendency is to trample on it, like laughing at a funeral.

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Style is originality; fashion is fascism. The two are eternally and unalterably opposed.

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The first mistake of art is to assume that it's serious.

- Lester Bangs