Howard Kramer Quotes (6 Quotes)

We imprint and project on songs what we want so that they become more important to us. We imprint intimacy in the songs, give them a narrative separate from and parallel to what the author's intent was. In that way, we make the songs symbolic of our own relationships.

It's not unusual when a new chairman comes for there to be a number of vacancies at the top.

He may not see the King's antique apparel on kids in the Hall, but he does feel a tinge of nostalgia. The amount of teens wearing the Led Zeppelin '77 tour T-shirts walking around the Rock Hall is absurd. Absurd, ... I saw them on that tour and didn't even buy a shirt. It tells you what these kids feel about music. People take music very seriously.

The Drifters, frankly, are one of the great vocal groups of all time, ... You're not going to see their likes again.

The first T-shirt with a rock likeness was put out by an Elvis Presley fan club around 1956, ... It's very rare and had a rendering of the famous Tampa '55 photo on it, colorized.

His one-of-a-kind voice and ethereal songs set him apart from all of his contemporaries and made for a diverse set of followers.