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Quotes About Christgau

To the eternal "Opinions are like assholes—everybody's got one," I just say, "Yeah, but not everybody's got ten thousand of them." It distresses me that the wit of this riposte so often fails to impress the asshole I'm talking to.
~ Robert Christgau
I don't know why You want to impress Christgau Ah, let that shit die And find out the new goal Kill yr idols!
~ Thurston Moore
Ultimately, to insist that rock criticism be political is first to insist that the humans who make and enjoy music are embroiled in politics whether they like it or not - and whether they know it or not.
~ Robert Christgau
Subject is very important. If you're going to write non-fiction the style means nothing or very little. The content justifies the effort you need to put into the writing itself.
~ Robert Christgau