Anthony DeCurtis Quotations

In Other Words: Artists Talk About Life and Work.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

He was one of the architects of the Beatles sound.

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.'

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