"The people just have to die for the music...Wouldn't you die for something pretty" (Epilogue, p. 24).

"There's no doubt about it, music is affected by the substances you abuse" (Part One, Chapter 7, p. 68).

"It was just so obvious what we were doing to rock & roll -we were bringing it back to the street" (Part Two, Chapter 12, p. 119).

"You know, I'm really cleaning up my act because I have finally come to realize that I am the product. Rock & roll is a business like any other and I am the product, so I'm working out and I'm gonna get in shape, and I'm gonna keep it together" (Part 4, Chapter 27, p. 253).

"Suddenly in New York, it was cool to be gay...Being gay doesn't make you cool. Being cool makes you cool, whether you're gay or straight" (Part 4, Chapter 29, p. 275).

"Mass movements are always so un-hip. That's what was...