Importa-se de repetir? #5

"Rock'n'roll needed something to rebel against. Whether that was a stifling '50s mainstream culture, a disastrous war in Vietnam or the record industry itself was immaterial. Without an evil, oppressive establishment, rebellion is just so much jerking off. The tension generated by creative artists working for inherently life-sapping monolithic corporate shitmongers informed the careers of some of the greatest musicians of the rock era: Neil Young, Tom Petty, Paul Westerberg, Kurt Cobain, Eddie Wedder."

>> Phil Sheridan in Magnet Magazine (Summer 2008)

Adenda: Vale a pena ler o texto completo, intitulado "Sympathy For The Devil", incluído na crónica The Back Page da edição de verão da Magnet.