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Chuck Klosterman quotes

American Critic July 5, 1972

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Punk was perfect for lazy people, because anyone could do it--you didn't even need to know how to play your instrument, assuming you knew how to plug it in. There was really no difference between Sid Vicious and anyone in London who owned a bass. Chuck Klosterman
Even though I wanted to experience all these things I was interested in, I couldn't get them. So I had to think critically and culturally about what was available. Chuck Klosterman
Humanity takes itself too seriously. It is the world's original sin. If cavemen had known how to laugh, history would have been different. Chuck Klosterman
Chuck Klosterman quote: "Observing someone without context amplifies the experience...."
Observing someone without context amplifies the experience. The more we know, the less we are able to feel. Chuck Klosterman
Chuck Klosterman quote: "Both lyrically and sonically, glam metal is the sensible..."
Both lyrically and sonically, glam metal is the sensible accompaniment for removing one's pants for money. Chuck Klosterman
-- and it occurred to me that people who don't talk about themselves are limiting their own potential. They think they're guarding themselves for some sort of abstract dange, but they're actually allowing other people to decide who they are and what they're like. Chuck Klosterman
At a magazine, everything you do is edited by a bunch of people, by committee, and a lot of them are, were, or think of themselves as writers. Part of that is because magazines worry about their voice. Chuck Klosterman
We would sit in the living room, drink a case of Busch beer, and throw the empty cans into the kitchen for no reason whatsoever, beyond the fact that it was the most overtly irresponsible way for any two people to live. Chuck Klosterman
Chuck Klosterman quote: "Sarcasm is when you tell someone the truth by lying on purpose."
Sarcasm is when you tell someone the truth by lying on purpose. Chuck Klosterman
Even the invisible are insecure. It's the most universal problem we have. It's so universal, it might not even count as a problem. Chuck Klosterman
A lot of that, "Have you ever noticed that [specific Florida player] is like the [dated cultural reference] version of [obscure player from the middle 1980s] except that his [some ridiculous stoner concept about grizzly bears] has been filtered through the political ideology of [random indie artist currently on tour with Built to Spill]?" We all have to pay the rent, rockers. I know who I am. Chuck Klosterman
It didn't seem remotely possible. I had no idea how people got those jobs, I didn't know what the steps were, it never even dawned on me. It seemed so outside the realm of possibility. Chuck Klosterman
A whole bunch of months passed and I didn't hear anything and then he emailed and asked if I could do a little piece on POD and Queens of the Stone Age. Chuck Klosterman
I was fortunate that I was at newspapers for eight years, where I wrote at least five or six stories every week. You get used to interviewing lots of different people about a lot of different things. And they aren't things you know about until you do the story. Chuck Klosterman
Chuck Klosterman quote: "This is what being alive feels like, you know? The place..."
This is what being alive feels like, you know? The place doesn't matter. You just live. Chuck Klosterman

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