Adam Yauch: “No one has been able to approach the political…

Adam Yauch: “No one has been able to approach the political power that brought to hip-hop. I put them on a level with Bob Marley and a handful of other artists – the rare artist who can make great music and also deliver a political and social message.”

“I don’t think any artist before had used that level of sex…

“I don’t think any artist before had used that level of sex to get in the door and be accepted by the mainstream. I wonder what his mind state was…, standing onstage in kiddie briefs, leg warmers and high heels without a Number One hit. That was a risk.” Ahmir (Questlove) Thompson was writing about:

“The way [he] wrote and sang about drugs and sex, about the…

“The way wrote and sang about drugs and sex, about the people around him – it was so matter-of-fact. I believed every word of “Heroin.” could be romantic in the way he portrayed these crazy situations, but he was also intensely real. It was poetry and journalism.” Julian Casablancas of The Strokes was writing about: