Rollin'

"Songs can have multiple meanings, but to think the author [of Creedence Clearwater Revival's Proud Mary] didn't intentionally reference drugs is like being in a room with an elephant and deciding to close yours eyes and say there's no elephant. It is there. Also, it doesn't matter what the band said or didn't say. There could be a million reasons why he would rather give one answer in an interview rather than another. And Rob (Novi, MI) did you write this straight from DEA headquarters? On your lunch break maybe?"—Karl, Seattle, WA (link)

"With the benefit of hindsight we can now safely say that this opening [for the 1989 Academy Awards show] was the worst fucking idea in the history of the universe. A myopic Carr imagined that a theatrical conceit that barely made sense within the context of a raunchy San Francisco revue would work just as well as the opening of cinema’s most important and self-serious night."—Nathan Rabin (link)

"Steve wanted it to be five or six minutes long at the most, but Allan got nervous and threw in everything but the kitchen sink."—Jo Schuman Silver
"When you see something that doesn't work, by four minutes it's terrible, by five minutes it's outrageous, by eight minutes it's the kiss of death, and by 12 minutes it's the worst thing you've ever seen in your life."—Gilbert Cates (link)