I have been listening to the Stooges' self-titled first album for well over half my life, and it remains one of the most exciting and essential... →
Henry Rollins
Think about it: No matter who you are, the past plays a large part in your life. I am all about living in the present as best as I can. Try as I... →
To get a human through a life, lives of broken bones, knock-me-over-with-a-feather susceptibility to myriad viruses, and whatever else might befall... →
I thought I was gonna be in the minimum-wage working world all my life.
I have had a number of less-than-enviable moments in my life when dealing with other people. I won't attempt to blunt that by saying I am not the... →
People like Jefferson, Lincoln, Susan B. Anthony and M. L. K. are larger than life to me. I find myself staring at photographs of Lincoln almost in... →
Many jazz artists go to L.A. seeking a more comfortable life and then they really stop playing.
Sonny Rollins
I record cello Etudes that are fewer than four minutes long and post them on YouTube. How can one execute fully-formed ideas with utmost perfection... →
Joshua Roman
From a personal standpoint, I'd say that, yeah, seeing how quickly children grow, you realize how fast life goes by.
Mark Romanek
After I graduated from school, I enrolled in the military college, a cadet school. This is the first stage of military training; it instills... →
Roman Romanenko