“There are reasons that bands and musicians make demos and outtakes – because they are not good enough to make the record. A lot of people forget that.”
~Michael Allan “Mike” Patton; american singer-songwriter, producer, film composer and voice actor.
“Through literacy you can begin to see the universe. Through music you can reach anybody. Between the two there is you, unstoppable.”
~Grace ‘Barnett Wing’ Slick; american artist and singer-songwriter.
“Consciousness, rather than being something that we have, is something we participate in.”
~Grant Morrison; scottish magician, author and comic book writer.
“I’m trying to interpret the film through the director’s head, but it all comes out through me. So, a composer is kind of like a psychic medium.”
~Daniel Robert “Danny” Elfman; american film composer, multi-instrumentalist, lyricist and ethnomusicologist.
“In terms of fitting in, you know, I don’t have a lot of armor up. I’m a raw nerve and it’s really uncomfortable for a lot of people.”
~Shirley ‘Ann’ Manson; scottish singer-songwriter and musician.
“Nobody. I’m nobody. I’m a tramp, a bum, a hobo. I’m a boxcar and a jug of wine. And a straight razor if you get too close to me.”
~Charles Milles “Charlie” Manson; american criminal and musician.
“Horror, for me, has to involve some sort of fantasy. Horror is something that is in your dreams or your nightmares.”
~Cassandra Peterson “Elvira”; american actress, writer and singer.
“If the audience knew what they wanted then they wouldn’t be the audience, they would be the artist.”
~Alan Moore; british author and magician.
“The God of this planet was not worth the religion.”
~Carlton Mellick III; american author.
“Nothing ever begins. There is no first moment; no single word or place from which this or any other story springs.”
~Clive Barker; british author, film director and visual artist.
