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I wouldn’t wear a tie-dyed tee-shirt unless it was dyed with the urine of Phil Collins and the blood of Jerry Garcia.
KCKurt Cobain1967–1994As quoted in Melody Maker (18 July 1992)
- Clever Jabs
- Music
A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses.
Jean Cocteau1889–1963A Call to Order (1926)
- Poetry
True realism consists in revealing the surprising things which habit keeps covered and prevents us from seeing.
Jean Cocteau1889–1963Le Mystère Laïc (1928)
Poetry is an ethic. By ethic I mean a secret code of behavior, a discipline constructed and conducted according to the capabilities of a man who rejects the falsifications of the categorical imperative.
Jean Cocteau1889–1963On Invisibility
- Morality
- Poetry
What is line? It is life. A line must live at each point along its course in such a way that the artist’s presence makes itself felt above that of the model.
Jean Cocteau1889–1963“De la Ligne” in La Difficulté d’Etre [The Difficulty of Being] (1947)
I would like to say to you, to the leaders of the left, and the leaders of the right, I sing… I sing for everyone. My song has no flag, my song has no party.
Leonard Cohen1934–2016Warsaw concert (1985)
- Music
- Politics
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately pleasure-dome decree:
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
Through caverns measureless to man
Down to a sunless sea.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge1772–1834Kubla Khan (1816), Kubla KhanIn context
- Poetry
And all should cry, Beware! Beware!
His flashing eyes, his floating hair!
Weave a circle round him thrice,
And close your eyes with holy dread:
For he on honey-dew hath fed,
And drank the milk of Paradise.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge1772–1834Kubla Khan (1816), Kubla KhanIn context
- Genius
- Poetry
To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one.
Colette1873–1954Paris From My Window (1944)
- Poetry
Musick has Charms to sooth a savage Breast,
To soften Rocks, or bend a knotted Oak.
William Congreve1670–1729The Mourning Bride (1697)
- Music
There is nothing ugly; I never saw an ugly thing in my life: for let the form of an object be what it may, — light, shade, and perspective will always make it beautiful.
John Constable1776–1837Remark to a lady, as quoted in C. R. Leslie, Memoirs of the Life of John Constable (1843)
- Beauty
People that haven’t seen us yet are shocked because they think that Alice Cooper must be a female folksinger.
Alice Cooperborn 1948Poppin (1969)
- Comedy
- Music
He has a woman’s name and wears makeup. How original.
Alice Cooperborn 1948On Marilyn Manson, as quoted in Celebrity Diss and Tell: Stars Talk About Each Other (2005) by Boze Hadleigh
- Clever Jabs
- Music
Nothing separates the generations more than music. By the time a child is eight or nine, he has developed a passion for his own music that is even stronger than his passions for procrastination and weird clothes.
Bill Cosbyborn 1937
- Music
I really liked Deadheads and the whole Dead concert scene: the tailgating, the tie-dye uniforms, the camaraderie — it was like NASCAR for potheads.
Ann Coulterborn 1961Interview in Jambands (June 23, 2006).
- Comedy
- Music