habibi

"i'm into the music, not the uniform. maybe some of us can love the songs without painting our fingernails black.
- peyton sawyer

"i would rather write her a song because songs don't wait to resolve and because songs mean so much to her. stories wait for endings, but songs are brave things bold enough to sing when all they know is darkness."
- jamie tworkowski

"so what's the difference between rap and hip hop? it's simple. it's like saying you love somebody and being in love with somebody. rap is only a word."
- brown sugar

"we are not groupies. groupies sleep with rockstars because they want to be near someone famous. we're here because of the music. we are bandaids. we don't have intercourse with these guys. we inspire the music. we're here because of the music."
- penny lane

"i was born with a suitcase in my hand living in a life that few could understand. sometimes it gets so confusing that i don't know where i am. but i always know who i'm with: i'm with the band."
-little big town

"it is the act of reaching out towards something larger to better know yourself. it's the desire to make yourself bigger by making yourself part of something bigger... emo is seeking a tangible connection out of intangible things."
- andy greenwald

“music, you know, true music, not just rock and roll, it chooses you, it lives in your car, or alone listening to your headphones with vast scenic bridges or angelic choirs in your brain. it's a place apart from the vast benign lap of america."
- lester bangs

“if you ever get lonely, just go to the record store and visit your friends.”
- penny lane

“they don't even know what it is to be a fan, ya know? to truly love some silly little piece of music, or some band, so much that it hurts.”
- sapphire

“and one of these people is gonna save the world. and that means that rock 'n' roll can save the world, all of us together.. but what it all comes down to is that thing, the indefinable thing when people catch something in your music.
- jeff bebe

"with the door closed, you turn on your stereo. someone is singing about problems just like yours. they're not commenting on them, not judging them, just echoing them, making them real, validating them. you sing along and the tears dry up.. you are anything but alone."
- andy greenwald

"take down your guitar and turn the sin into a song. shrewd devil, you know very well that God pardons singers no matter what they do, because he can simply die for a song."
- nikos kazantzakis

"i admire the fan. those who clap, those who wait in line more than anyone else. the fan is the one who is scrutinized, constantly defending themself. the fan is the one who is constantly expected to forgive the missteps of those on the stage. expected to be waiting long before shows begin and long after they end, just for the chance of a glimpse or a wave. always brushed off, always thought of last. you are however, truly imprinted on my mind..."
- monica smaniotto

RIP DJ AM:
we're supposed to lose our friends to time, at an age when we're ready to agree to the terms of having lived a long life. not now.