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Lester Bangs Quotes

Lester Bangs quotes

American Critic December 14, 1948 – April 30, 1982

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Most of them are pretty down records, pretty unhappy, pretty confused. Which only reflects how people in general were feeling, I mean really the sense that you get is society running down. Lester Bangs
The real question is what to live for. And I can't answer it. Except another one of your records. And another chance for me to write. Art for art's sake, corny as that sounds. Lester Bangs
Corporations are social organizations, the theater in which men and women realize or fail to realize purposeful and productive lives. Lester Bangs
I mean Iggy and The Stooges first couple of albums I think sold twenty five thousand between the two of them you know and so to talk in terms of an underground I mean you have to go really to the independent labels and things like that. Lester Bangs
The thing is that, they all had real strong personalities and real distinct identities, and I don't find most of the groups that are coming out now really do. Lester Bangs
Lester Bangs quote: "The first mistake of art is to assume that it's serious."
The first mistake of art is to assume that it's serious. Lester Bangs
It's much easier to wear a Chairman Mao button and shake your fists in the air and all that, then to actually read the Communist manifesto and things like that and actually become involved in politics. Lester Bangs
Basically no, I mean I think that it's very easy to like I say, smoke a joint or even to wear a Chairman Mao button, or do a lot of these things with out knowing what's behind it, and what it really means. Lester Bangs
I mean the interesting thing I think would be if something happened like, what happened in England where all these kids that all of a sudden can't afford the ticket prices. Lester Bangs
When kids can't afford to see it anymore maybe we'll have a whole resurgence of garage bands all over America and this New Wave thing will start to mean something on a grass roots level. Lester Bangs
A hero is a goddam stupid thing to have in the first place and a general block to anything you might wanta accomplish on your own. Lester Bangs
Lester Bangs quote: "The great thing about The Clash of course is that they keep..."
The great thing about The Clash of course is that they keep searching for answers beyond that. Lester Bangs
That's one reason why it's pretty worthless, I can't totally buy it, if you think about it, it's things like the Phil Spector records. On one level they were rebellion, on another level they were keeping the teenager in his place. Lester Bangs
No I don't think it was a myth at all, anymore than what the recession that the whole country was experiencing was a myth, which obviously seems like it's going to get worse and worse. Lester Bangs
As far as a truly radical conscience, you have to take it as part of a larger thing, that it was sort of historical inevitability that with the coming of a leaguer society people would start to use drugs a lot more then they had before. Lester Bangs

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