Anthony DeCurtis Quotations

Morrison turned out to be a bitter, defensive guy, by far the biggest disappointment of any of my idols,

Right now it's a spurt but no one knows how long it will go on.

B.B. has a very specific kind of style, very lyrical. He doesn't play a lot of notes. In a slow blues arrangement, you can really hear the kind of elegance of his playing. He's not down and dirty.

He was one of the architects of the Beatles sound.

That certainly doesn't mean it's not significant. How much jazz gets played on the radio?

I think Michael has to get to a point where he just focuses ... and makes a great record,

People looked to Kurt Cobain because his songs captured what they felt before they knew they felt it.

Interviewing is a lot like talking, but you have to guide the conversation. You have to know what you want and go about getting it.

Who's going to do it? Who has the authority to kind of step into that role and speak for everybody?

They are songs that probe, ... They're not position papers. They're statements about the human condition in a way. . . . It captures something beyond 'I'm right and you're wrong.'

You don't get that twice. I think that has crippled Michael's creativity. Setting aside all the other things that have complicated his career, he has been in a rut,

It's a vexing type of question. It seems silly, because music has been expressing these issues for centuries - it's hard to think that it doesn't have the cultural standing to do it any more.

The issues that we've all gone through about Pat Boone covering songs have been resolved. It's about time we let them go. Those were important and valid issues in the '50s but now we know Little Richard and we know his music. He's had a great career and is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

In Other Words: Artists Talk About Life and Work.

I can often enjoy an interview even if the subject doesn't particularly interest me, as long as he has something to say and says it well.