Lester Bangs Quotes

Leslie Conway "Lester" Bangs was an American music journalist, critic, author, and musician. He wrote for Creem and Rolling Stone magazines, and was known for his leading influence in rock music criticism. The music critic Jim DeRogatis called him "America's greatest rock critic". Wikipedia  

✵ 13. December 1948 – 30. April 1982
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Famous Lester Bangs Quotes

“John Lennon at his best despised cheap sentiment and had to learn the hard way that once you've made your mark on history those who can't will be so grateful they'll turn it into a cage for you.”

"Thinking the Unthinkable About John Lennon" (1980-12-11), p. 299
Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung (1988)

Lester Bangs Quotes about life

“Realizing that life is precious the natural tendency is to trample on it, like laughing at a funeral.”

"Peter Laughner" (September/October 1977), p. 222
Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung (1988)

Lester Bangs Quotes about music

Lester Bangs Quotes

“A Reasonable Guide to Horrible Noise”

Title of Village Voice article (September/October 1980), p. 301
Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung (1988)

“A hero is a goddam stupid thing to have in the first place and a general block to anything you might wanta accomplish on your own.”

"Let Us Now Praise Famous Death Dwarves" (March 1975), p. 173
Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung (1988)

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