Quote
"You know, because once you go to L.A., youre gonna have friends like crazy. But theyre gonna be fake friends. You know, theyre gonna try to corrupt you. You got an honest face, and theyre gonna tell you everything. But you cannot make friends with the rock stars...If youre gonna be a true journalist -- you know, a rock journalist -- first, you never get paid much. But you will get free records from the record company. Jesus. Fucking nothing about you that is controversial, man. God, its gonna get ugly, man. Theyre gonna buy you drinks. Youre gonna meet girls, theyre gonna try to fly you places for free, offer you drugs. I know. It sounds great, but these people are not your friends. You know, these are people who want you to write sanctimonious stories about the genius of rock stars. And they will ruin rock n roll, and strangle everything we love about it, right? You know, because theyre trying to buy respectability for a form that is gloriously and righteously dumb. Now, youre smart enough to know that. And the day it ceases to be dumb is the day that it ceases to be real, right? And then it just becomes an industry of cool. Im-Im telling ya, youre comin along at a very dangerous time for rock n roll. I mean, the war is over. They won. And 99% of what passes for rock n roll these days, silence is more compelling. Thats why I think you should just turn around and go back, you know, and be a lawyer or somethin. But I can tell from your face that you wont. I can give you 35 bucks. Give me a thousand words on Black Sabbath...Hey, you have to make your reputation on being honest and, uh, you know, unmerciful...If you get into a jam, you can call me. I stay up late."
Almost Famous
