Joey, Concrete Blonde.

‘I’ve always embraced failure as a noble pursuit. It allows you to be anti whatever anyone wants you to be, and to break all the rules. It was one of my tutors at Saint Martins, when I was an art student, that really brought it home to me. He said that only by being willing to fail can you become fearless. He compared the role of an artist to that of being an alchemist or magician. And he thought the real magic was found in flamboyant, provocative failure rather than benign success. So that’s what I’ve been striving for ever since.’

Malcolm Mclaren

‘I got 99 problems but my book ain’t one.’

Sign outside a book store. Central Station, Sydney

Roxy Music – More Than This

I could feel at the time
There was no way of knowing
Fallen leaves in the night
Who can say where they’re blowing?

It was fun for a while
There was no way of knowing
Like a dream in the night
Who can say where we’re going?

No care in the world
Maybe I’m learning
Why the sea on the tide
Has no way of turning?

Bryan Ferry.

“That is one last thing to remember: writers are always selling somebody out.”

Joan Didion. Slouching Towards Bethlehem.