The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side.

Quote by Hunter S Thompson

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I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked...

I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked...

I feel the same way about disco as I do about herpes.

I feel the same way about disco as I do about herpes.

Every now and then when your life gets complicated and the weasels start closing in,...

Every now and then when your life gets complicated and the weasels start closing in,...

The person who doesn't scatter the morning dew will not comb gray hairs.

The person who doesn't scatter the morning dew will not comb gray hairs.

I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours.

I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours.

I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked...

I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked...

You better take care of me Lord, if you don't you're gonna have me on...

You better take care of me Lord, if you don't you're gonna have me on...

The TV business is uglier than most things. It is normally perceived as some kind...

The TV business is uglier than most things. It is normally perceived as some kind...

If you're going to be crazy, you have to get paid for it or else...

If you're going to be crazy, you have to get paid for it or else...

There is nothing more helpless and irresponsible than a man in the depths of an...

There is nothing more helpless and irresponsible than a man in the depths of an...

Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely...

Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely...

For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled.

For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled.

I wouldn't recommend sex, drugs or insanity for everyone, but they've always worked for me.

I wouldn't recommend sex, drugs or insanity for everyone, but they've always worked for me.

The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who...

The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who...

No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no...

No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no...

You can turn your back on a person, but never turn your back on a...

You can turn your back on a person, but never turn your back on a...

Going to trial with a lawyer who considers your whole life-style a Crime in Progress...

Going to trial with a lawyer who considers your whole life-style a Crime in Progress...

It was the Law of the Sea, they said. Civilization ends at the waterline. Beyond...

It was the Law of the Sea, they said. Civilization ends at the waterline. Beyond...

The trouble with Nixon is that he's a serious politics junkie. He's totally hooked and...

The trouble with Nixon is that he's a serious politics junkie. He's totally hooked and...

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.