“The thing about punk is that you’re allowed to talk about anything. Kids can talk about whatever they want. There’s nobody saying, ‘No, you can’t do that, it’s not punk.’”

The key to survival will lay in female hands.

“There is something deeply humiliating in such a situation.”

Filippo Tommaso Marinetti gilt als Urheber des Futurismus, der ersten Avantgarde-Bewegung. Barbara Basting erzählt von ihrer persönlichen Faszination für den Futurismus und ihrer Entwöhnung von dessen Aura und zentralen Figur.

Iggy showed the error of human existence, the breathless nearness of death, and the lure of fun and action. He was like a much better-looking version of Schopenhauer.

Strangeness is everywhere, but strangers are only where we define them.