Off My Rocker Quotes

“I had enough of a story churning in my head that combined all the elements of the day—the interview, the concert, the after-party’s private session—when he put his guitar away and asked me if I had ever experimented with homosexuality. Talk about unexpected segues. Letting him know that I had not and wasn’t about to, I successfully changed the subject by asking him to give me a condensed account about traveling to Mississippi in search of Bukka White.”
― Kenny Weissberg, Off My Rocker: One Man’s Tasty, Twisted, Star-Studded Quest for Everlasting Music

“Without regular conversations with you in a safe environment, an issue with a classmate or the teacher may not become apparent until your child starts mouthing off to adults or hitting other kids. Worse, hurt feelings can cause silent maladies, such as withdrawal from social situations and a loss of confidence.”
― Patricia Wilkinson, Brain Stages: How to Raise Smart, Confident Kids and Have Fun Doing It, K-5

“Even though I made solid contributions”
― Kenny Weissberg, Off My Rocker: One Man's Tasty, Twisted, Star-Studded Quest for Everlasting Music

“announced that Otis Redding and the Bar-Kays would be performing in Madison, two friends and I cut class and raced to the Factory, where we plunked down three bucks apiece for tickets. In the weeks leading up to the concert, Steve Kruvant, Rick Kleiner, and I wore out the grooves of Otis’s Live in Europe LP. From the emcee’s introductory cheerleading (“Gimme an O!”) to the final horn blasts”
― Kenny Weissberg, Off My Rocker: One Man's Tasty, Twisted, Star-Studded Quest for Everlasting Music