Negative Space: oil spill

For a long time, rock and roll was very respectable. If you were in a rock and roll band, oh, that’s great, well, come on in here, there’s the best table. It didn’t used to be like that. When we used to come into town they wouldn’t even let us in the restaurant. That was real rock and roll. I mean, that was the thing. The outlaw image is so important for rock and roll. Once we start becoming establishment we might as well be Frank Sinatra. We might as well be Perry Como. Rock and roll shouldn’t stand for establishment, wonderful, everybody likes it. There’s certainly nothing outlaw about Bruce Springsteen. He’s very safe. — Alice Cooper (Snakes and Dead Babies)