Goodreads Quote of the Day for Tuesday

Created: 2016-04-05 10:18 Updated: 2016-04-05 10:18 Notebook: Famous Quotes

The first mistake of art is to assume that it's serious.

Lester Bangs

April 5, 1969: Thanks to a cover profile in Rolling Stone, shoe salesman Lester Bangs bought MC5's debut album, Kick Out the Jams. He hated it—and wrote a letter to the magazine to recount his disgust. The editors were impressed with his zeal. On this day, they published his review of the album in their April issue.


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