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"When you hear Shane Told scream “You were gravely mistaken!” you know shit is about to hit the fan."

"It sounded like they’d jumped on to what I thought we ought to be doing. That was what I wanted us to sound like and here was somebody else doing it. It shook me to the core. … The Band had done it without even trying, and I harbored that as a weapon of resentment against Jack [Bruce] and Ginger [Baker] — who had a lot more respect for what we were doing than I did."

"Perhaps the most interesting of the popular post-rock bands, [...] Godspeed You! Black Emperor blend samples, orchestral-like movements, repeated and building phrases, and dramatic dynamics into a sound that is strikingly unique and affecting. Godspeed are perhaps the most consistent among their peers in positive critical reception and a cult-like following among their fans."

"Sometimes in the modern day, it can be easy to forget how important Cryptopsy were to death metal. But in ’96, None So Vile was a mind-blowing distillation of the genre’s many elements. [...] Simply put, it was a no-holds-barred death metal album that could be taken wholly seriously due to the talent and inspiration put into it, in no small part due to the vocals and lyrics of frontman Lord Worm."

"Every tour, I would come home sick. Twice, I came home with double-pneumonia, and then I had to go back to work. Eventually, yeah, it just adds up. [If] I'm gonna get sick every tour with pneumonia and still have to go to work..? Yeah -- no, no -- I can't anymore. Flo was actually the one who brought it up -- we were in a pub together. [...] He looks at me and sees that I'm not well, [and said,] "You can't do this anymore. Why don't you bail out while you still have some semblence of health?""

"For budding death metal fans, there are a series of vocal thresholds to cross before truly becoming a fan of the genre. One might start with the basic shout of Death’s Chuck Schuldiner, graduate into the rasp of Carcass’s Jeff Walker, and eventually enjoy the standard “cookie monster” approach most associated with death metal. But I don’t think you can honestly appreciate death metal until you’ve learned to love Lord Worm. There have been very few frontman in detah metal history who have sounded quite as inhuman. Many harsh vocalists try to sound demonic, but Lord Worm is the only man (besides maybe Demilich’s Antti Boman) who really sounds like he’s from a different world than ours. His array of growls, shrieks, grunts, and howls is unmatched, and he is never intelligible. Those grotesque, Baudelaire-like lyrics of his go to waste if you don’t read along (not that they’re much easier to understand with the words right in front of you. He blatantly skips syllables throughout [None So Vile])."

"And the sign said, 'long-haired freaky people need not apply'."

"Sign, sign, everywhere a sign / blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind / do this, don't do that / can't you read the sign."

"I'm so full of shit it makes me drool, / 'cause I learned all my Marxism in school."

"Freeing the masses shouldn't be so hard / I'll put the whole thing on my dad's credit card."

"When there's nothing left to burn, you have to set yourself on fire."

"I hope your drunken daughters are gay."

"A liar loves to lie / Keep watching back / killers always have killers on their track / keep watching the sky / 'cause you might ."

"Live through this, and you won't look back."

"I'm not sorry I met you / I'm not sorry it's over / I'm not sorry there's nothing to say."

"And always hold on when you get love / So you can let go when you give it"

"Ça vaut pas la peine De laisser ceux qu'on aime Pour aller faire tourner Un ballon sur son nez. Ça fait rire les enfants... Ça dure jamais longtemps. Ça fait plus rire personne Quand les enfants sont grands."

"It's like a dream you try to remember but it's gone then ya Try to scream but it only comes out as a yawn when ya Try to see the world beyond your front door. Take your time because the way I rhyme's gonna make you smile when ya Realize that with a guy my size it might take a while just to Try to figure out what all this is for."

"Hot like wasabi when I bust rhymes, Big like , because I'm all about value. 's got the mad hits. You try to match wits, you try to hold me but I bust through."

"I met you before the fall of Rome And I begged you to let me take you home. You were wrong, I was right. You said goodbye, I said goodnight.It's all been done. It's all been done. It's all been done before."

"Anyone perfect must be lying, anything easy has its cost Anyone plain can be lovely, anyone loved can be lost What if I lost my direction? What if I lost sense of time? What if I nursed this infection? Maybe the worst is behind It feels just like I'm falling for the first time It feels just like I'm falling for the first time."

"If I had a zillion dollars... I'd be rich."

"It's been one week since you looked at me Cocked your head to the side and said, "I'm angry." Five days since you laughed at me, saying "Get back together, come back and see me." Three days since the living room, I realized it's all my fault, but couldn't tell you. Yesterday, you'd forgiven me, But it'll still be two days 'til I say I'm sorry."

"Like , I'm getting frantic. Like , I'm tantric. Like Snickers, guaranteed to satisfy. Like , I make mad films, 'kay, I don't make films But if I did they'd have a Samurai."

"And if you call, I will answer. And if you fall, I'll pick you up. And if you court this disaster, I'll point you home."

"I'm gaining strength, tying to learn to pull my own weight, But I'm gaining pounds at the precipice of too late. Just wait.I could be good, and I would If I knew I was understood. And it'll be great, just wait. Or is it too little too late?"

"Jane, divided, but I can't decide which side I'm on. Jane, decided only cowards stay, while traitors run."

"If I had a zillion dollars, (We wouldn’t have to eat Kraft dinner) But we would eat Kraft dinner! (Of course we would, we’d just eat more)"

"I have a job in a shop, I'm an undercover cop. I make sure the customers aren't thieves. Old at being young, Young at being old. Everything's on hold within our evolution."

"How can I help it if I think you're funny when you're mad? Trying hard not to smile, though I feel bad. I'm the kind of guy who laughs at a funeral. Can't understand what I mean? Well, you soon will. I have a tendency to wear my mind on my sleeve. I have a history of taking off my shirt."

"We've got these chains hanging around our necks, People want to strangle us with them Before we take our first breath. Afraid of change, afraid of staying the same. When temptation calls, We just look away."

"Our whole universe was in a hot, dense state Then nearly fourteen billion years ago, expansion started Wait... The Earth began to cool, The autotrophs began to drool, Neanderthals developed tools. We built a wall (We built the pyramids) Math, science, history, unraveling the mystery That all started with the big bang (Bang)."

"Broke into the old apartment. This is where we used to live. Broken glass, broke and hungry, Broken hearts and broken bones. This is where we used to live."

"Lying in bed just like did."

"Jenny wore black, Jenny wore white (white!) Jenny was real, but almost not quite."

"You can lose your head You can lose your mind You can lose your way Keep your eyes and still be blind."

"Land of the free is a poor alibi."

"I don't want to be a Messiah: Messiahs die young."

"You can dance if you want to, You can leave your friends behind, 'Cause your friends don't dance, And if they don't dance, then they're No friends of mine."

"There's no worries on the earth tonight We're all walkin' off the world tonight. Come on now everyone yeah Come on now everyone We're like a locomotive Under the big hot sun We're chained to the gang of rhythm The song is never done Come on now everyone yeah Come on now everyone Come on everyone."

"We got this melody Bring in the harmony like CSNY To write a tune you know will never die."

"It was a complete surprise... totally."

"You have to have an awesome core of people that you get along with."

"I got a shaker too The kinds of sound That wants to make you move. Bring in the uke It will complete the groove. Let's gather round and sing a song."

"Gianni: The time has come … I don't want to yell it because we're… Sarah: Just do it — fuck it, those guys don't even hear us."

"R.E.V.O. — Realize Every Victory Outright."

"I just had the idea of putting on multiple hands on a guitar for a long time, and I just didn't have the right song, and when I heard the song, I said "That's the one that it has to be." I didn't have any idea it was going to turn out like that, but I'm glad we chose it. … It's an awesome song."

"I got this old guitar The strings are rusty But it's all I need."

"And when the night is done These chains will hold us strong The chords will carry on Long after we're gone… oh… oh…"

"They say "no way", well, I say "I rule the world." Ain't afraid of the walls, Imma break 'em down. They stay the same — well I'm feelin' high as a bird. Ain't afraid of the ground — I'm a standing.I say yeah, yeah, yeah, they say no, no, no, they say slow, slow, slow, I say go, go, go — They say "no way" I say I rule the world."