Greil Marcus Quotes

Greil Marcus
American Author
Born: 1945
Criticism Me Music People Think You
Related authors: F. Scott Fitzgerald Frederick Douglass Helen Keller Henry David Thoreau Joyce Meyer Mark Twain Og Mandino Zig Ziglar
We make the oldest stories new when we succeed, and we are trapped by the old stories when we fail. Greil Marcus
Old Trapped Fail New Make Stories Succeed Oldest
Patriotism in America, as I understand it, is a matter of suffering, when the country fails to live up to its promises, or actively betrays them. Greil Marcus
Patriotism Suffering Matter Promises Country Live Betrays Fails Understand Up America Them Actively
I learned that when something just has to be said to move the discussion along, or broaden it or deepen it, if I can just keep my mouth shut for five minutes a student will say it. So for me a lot of teaching is about keeping my mouth shut. Greil Marcus
Me Will Mouth Broaden Say Minutes About Something Student Along Learned Said Lot Five Discussion Move Just Teaching Keep Deepen Keeping Shut
I think criticism, or a critical engagement with history, has a good deal to do with a willingness to be fooled. Greil Marcus
Good History Criticism Think Critical Willingness Fooled Deal Engagement Good Deal
It is a sure sign that a culture has reached a dead end when it is no longer intrigued by its myths. Greil Marcus
Culture Sign Intrigued Myths Longer Reached Dead Dead End Sure Sure Sign End
Elvis' early music has drama because as he sang he was escaping limits. Greil Marcus
Music Drama Elvis He Because Limits Escaping Sang Early
You're going to react to a painting in a way that the painting demands you react. Greil Marcus
You Painting Way Demands React Going
I want another idea, another project, but you can't make them up. They show up. Greil Marcus
You Project Idea Make Another Up Want Them Show
Sometimes you can listen to a song all your life without hearing it. Greil Marcus
Life You Song Sometimes All Your Life Without Hearing Listen Your
When I'm struck by things, I want to hear more and find out more. I remember when Lana Del Rey was on 'SNL,' this supposedly disastrous performance. She's doing this pretentious torch song, and I thought, 'I don't know what she's doing, but it's really moving me.' Greil Marcus
Me Song Remember Thought Pretentious Torch Out Find Struck More Remember When Performance Supposedly Disastrous Know She Doing Hear SNL Want Moving Really Things
I don't know that there's a division between American and British, European, South American, Asian sensibilities when it comes to rock n' roll or, really, any form of music. Songs travel, and people take them into their lives in all different kinds of unpredictable and really untraceable ways. Greil Marcus
Music Travel People Different Kinds Ways Kinds Unpredictable Take Songs Division Between Know Rock Rock-N-Roll South American Roll Any Different Form Sensibilities Them Asian Really European Lives British
I was an American Studies student at Berkeley as an undergraduate, and pretty much as a graduate student, too. Greil Marcus
Too Berkeley Pretty Student Studies Undergraduate American Graduate Graduate Student Much
When you're writing criticism or thinking critically, to draw a very limited minor conclusion from solid evidence is really not thinking. Greil Marcus
You Writing Criticism Thinking Evidence Draw Solid Critically Minor Limited Conclusion Very Really
There's never been a Van Morrison album that I haven't immediately listened to, whether with delight or crushing disappointment. Greil Marcus
Disappointment Immediately Van Delight Never Crushing Been Listened Whether Album
People write memoirs - this is my take, anyway - out of a great sense of self-importance. Greil Marcus
Great People Sense Out Memoirs Write Take Great Sense Self-Importance Anyway
I don't think my life itself is very interesting. Greil Marcus
Life My Life Think Itself Very Interesting
There's been a streak of vengeance and carnage in all of Dylan's records except for the Christmas record, since 2001, since 'Love and Theft.' Particularly on 'Modern Times' in 2006. Greil Marcus
Love Christmas Carnage Record Records Except Since Vengeance Particularly Been Times Modern Dylan Modern Times Theft Streak

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