How I Found A Steady Soundtrack For An Unsteady Life
trying to come to terms with Michael’s death. And we played his songs on the air. Usually, they would be too expensive to use, but there is a special stipulation, a death memorandum, that grants a 48-hour grace period where songs can be used for a standard rate for news purposes.
Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson • Mo' Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove
Maybe, at hellish moments in human history, emotional illegibility starts making more intuitive sense.
Jayson Greene • The Rise of Dissociation Music
Hope may be presented in different forms, but it’s always in the fine print. It’s not about starting out on top, but it’s about realizing how far you have to climb and then never giving up. And when I say never, I mean it. I don’t believe you ever reach the top, and well, if you do, you might not be dreaming big enough.
Quincy Jones • 12 Notes: On Life and Creativity
“Every memory of my childhood has a soundtrack to it,” one correspondent wrote to me; and she speaks for many of us here.