Whitney Balliett

"I once said cynically of a politician, "He'll double-cross that bridge when he comes to it."

"If you read about African music, they believe that during the process of making this music that you come in…"

"On his experience with streaming, illegal downloading: Every Christmas we got a nice little present off God…"

"If you are unhappy with anything—your mother, your father, your husband, your wife, your job, your boss, yo…"

"Marilyn Monroe: What about the difference in our ages?"

"The point is that, like Richard Hell says, rock 'n' roll is an arena in which you recreate yourself, and al…"