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WARREN: Part of the brilliance of the name was how close it was to “the Sex.” But I don’t think any of us ever talked about that. It was so obvious there was no need to put a finer point on it. KAREN: I was not thinking about it sounding like anything. BILLY: “The Sex”? No, that wasn’t a part of it. GRAHAM: It sounded like sex. That was a big part of it.
Haha!! That's great
I saw a T-shirt a few years ago that said, “I Got My Shades on Cuz My Future’s So Bright,” and I thought the little shit that was wearing it doesn’t know what he’s talking about. He never stood on Sunset Boulevard, sun blinding his eyes, with his five best friends and a record contract in his back pocket.
Super cheesy
25% in and this book has nothing innovative to offer.
GRAHAM: I have never run anywhere faster than down that hall to her room.
That's adorable
EDDIE: He said he’d normally let me play but since it was Rolling Stone, he wanted to really do it right.
Ouch
If I wanted to drive a station wagon and have a meatloaf ready at six o’clock, I would have married my father.”
This entire story is recycled material
“No matter what you do, we’re not over…” I don’t know. Something about that relaxed me.
Camila is my favorite
WARREN: Didn’t care then, barely care now.
Oh, Warren
And she just…opened up. Talking and talking like the words were tumbling out of her.
Why is this a big deal? Especially when she's not even upset.
KAREN: Camila had said to me that day, something like “I’m living the life I want to live.” And there was an ease about her, as she said it.
Boring
KAREN: I believe she said, “Don’t hurt Graham or I’ll kill you.”
Real original
It was really annoying. How right she always was.
You're correct, it's annoying.
And she’d always land it right when your defenses were down.
What a bitch
what do you expect me to say?
Doesn't make you any less of a bitch
“Yes, it is.”
No, it's not
we were realizing we had something really special on our hands.
They have said this about every song/album
Great, another song that has got no room for me to try my own thing on.
Stop whining already
I doubt Teddy Price would have been tripping over himself to make sure I didn’t step in a bar.
Shut up!
I never understood people putting their real emotions into something they know they have to play on tour over and over and over again.
Most insightful quote in the entire book
burning the midnight oil.
Another tired cliche
GRAHAM: I was standing on the top of a mountain, with the woman I loved, shooting a cover for an album we all knew was going to be a massive hit. I swear, I think about that day sometimes when I’m feeling low.
Oh, the eternal optimist
But it’s hard not to remember, when I think about that day, that lots of crazy bad shit is often around the corner, too.
Foreshadowing...
It was America. It was tits. It was sex. It was drugs. It was summer. It was angst. It was rock ’n’ roll.
It was the most banal phrase
BILLY: It’s a great cover. DAISY: It’s iconic.
Eyeroll emoji
I mean, they made it a new song.
Yeah, that's going to go over well
EDDIE: First song, out of the gate, “Chasing the Night,” he changed my fucking lick. He changed my motherfucking lick.
Here we go
WARREN: That fucker was drinking all the good beers.
The truth come out
I’m in love with a woman that I am starting to think doesn’t love me
You're just now starting to think this?
where she’s singing deep from her gut and fearless
Overused expression
You would have thought she was on top of the world.
What goes up must come down
ROD: It was a brilliant move. The two of them out there alone. It made for great TV.
How melodramatic
That I was in love with him.
Oh gaawd
I know that sounds kind of extreme.
It does
and no one asks me to sign their tits anymore. I mean, occasionally Lisa does. Just to be nice. And I take her up on it.
Hahaha
and no one asks me to sign their tits anymore. I mean, occasionally Lisa does. Just to be nice. And I take her up on it.
Hahaha
