YAKETY YAK II GREATEST ROCK QUOTES: SEX, DRUGS AND EVERYTHING ELSE

WHAT ROCKER SAID:“I didn’t like orgies. I’m not good at multi-tasking.”OR:“It’s the ‘music business,’ not the ‘music fun.’”OR:“I was born on a plantation, and my mom and dad were sharecroppers. I didn’t know what a radio was until I was 14.”OR:“…if it commits itself with the courage it can’t be sure it really has, if it stands up and admits something is wrong but doesn’t insist on blood, then it’s rock ‘n’ roll.”The answers await in YAKETY YAK II GREATEST ROCK QUOTES SEX, DRUGS AND EVERYTHING ELSE––the long-awaited second book in the definitive collection of the wit, wisdom and wackiness of several generations of musicians. Award winning author Paul Di Filippo said of YAKETY YAK, “you can dip in anywhere and not emerge until after many hours of fascinating revelations and amusements, edifications and bewilderments… Barsotti’s book fully merits its place in the rock arena, like Lester Bangs “playing” his typewriter onstage with the J. Geils Band.”Featuring 1500 quotes and many great photos, YAKETY YAK II explores decades of music through the words of its creators. Beyond the expected sex and drugs, these rockers (and some pop stars, country singers, rappers) yak about ambition & anxiety, creativity & competition. They reveal secrets about themselves & their bandmates, explore the mystery of songwriting, moan about money, road life & the music biz. And ultimately, they seek––and often find––some salvation in the majesty of rock.Writer and ex-rock critic Mark Barsotti is the author of ROCK IS DEAD THEY SAY… VOL. 1 2ND EDITION, YAKETY YAK ROCK’S GREATEST QUOTES and the novel ADRIFT JUST EAST OF DENVER. Read more