More From H. L. Mencken
- "A society made up of individuals who were all capable of original thought would probably be unendurable."
- "It is not materialism that is the chief curse of the world, as pastors teach, but idealism. Men get into trouble by taking their visions and hallucinations too seriously."
- "Love is an emotion that is based on an opinion of women that is impossible for those who have had any experience with them."
More In Music
- "Might I be ridiculous? Might my career in music be laughable? Yeah, that’s possible, but that’s certainly not my intention."― Joaquin Phoenix
- "I just change with the times. I really don’t have a say in what’s going on. Music was here before me."― Snoop Dogg
- "Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it, time runs out."― Oliver Wendell Holmes