Alex Chilton

“I'm constantly being shat upon.”

“I'm not a nostalgic person. I'm not looking back.”

“I'm in it for the money, I'm just a hired hand.”

“Rock and roll is music for the neck down.”

“What's so fucking great about beauty? It's a curse. I'm not a beautiful person, and I don't want to be.”

“Every time I’d get a band together, it would be a disaster.”

“I never thought of myself as a pop star. I’m just a guy who makes music.”

“I got to experience the stupidity of the music business on a very intense level.”

“I’ve spent years trying to be a lead guitar player. And I’m not very good at it.”

“I really don’t know what I’m doing. I don’t. It’s terrible.”

“The whole Big Star thing was something new for me. I was just trying to learn how to write songs.”

“I don't think I've ever made a record that I've been 100 percent happy with.”

“If you’re a musician, you’re a musician; you don’t do it for the money.”