A speaker who is attempting to move people to thought or action must concern himself with Pathos.
Rock and roll hoochie koo, lawdy mama, light my fuse.
It's a great relationship when you can work with the person who you consider to be your soul mate.
There was nobody at the time who was playing slide guitar like Johnny, and nobody, or no white guys at least, that was playing country blues like that on the acoustic guitar. And it was at that point that I realized what Johnny had to offer.
So, after awhile, you can only get so much happiness from a guy who's drunk come up and tell you you're great.
I just really longed to do music that reflected me as an adult and music that I thought was for other adults.
I started The McCoys in 1962, so I'm approaching my 40th year in the entertainment business.
Art depends on there being affection in its creator's life and an artist must find ways, like everyone else, to nourish it. A photographer down on his or her knees picturing a dog has found pleasure enough to make many things possible.
Youth is something very new: twenty years ago no one mentioned it.
At Baupost, we constantly ask: 'What should we work on today?' We keep calling and talking. We keep gathering information. You never have perfect information. So you work, work and work. Sometimes we thumb through ValuLine. How you fill your inbox is very important.
I think that people are entitled to be amused, and entertained. If they see deviations from this classical norm, it's probably good for their mental health.