“Whether we’re prepared or not, life has a habit of thrusting situations upon us.”
Photo: Episode of “I Love Lucy” in 1956:
“Lucy’s Italian Movie” where she is exhausted from stomping grapes
“Whether we’re prepared or not…”
“Someday we should get a group together…”
George Harrison and Bob Dylan at Bob’s home in Woodstock, New York, November 1968.
What I think Bob is saying:
“Someday we should get a group together, give it a wild name…something like Traveling Wilburys…see if we can get Roy Orbison in on this.”
You got to set your mind right
You got to set your mind right and the rest will come to you naturally. No restrictions, no hang-ups, no stupid rules, no formalities, no forbidden fruit — just everyone getting and giving as much as he and she can.
Brother Ray : Ray Charles’ Own Story (1978)
Willie Mays breaks down his baseball career in two sentences
“They throw the ball, I hit it.
They hit the ball, I catch it.”
I’m a pop singer for Christ’s sake.
“You know, what I do is not terribly intellectual. I’m a pop singer for Christ’s sake.”
GQ, 2002
David Bowie & Mick Ronson onstage during the Ziggy Stardust tour, 1972
Photo by Chalkie Davies
Dos Morrisons
“Let’s just say I was testing the bounds of reality. I was curious to see what would happen. That’s all it was: just curiosity.”
– Jim Morrison
“You take stuff from different places, and sometimes you stick a line in because it rhymes, not because it makes sense.”
– Van Morrison
photo:
“Jim Morrison, seated on an amplifier, sits in with the band Them at the Whisky a Go Go in 1966. Van Morrison (no relation) is at the keyboard.”
(photographer unknown)
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Long-Haired Men
In 1964, when he was 17 years old, David Bowie formed The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Long-Haired Men, an organization aimed at protesting the treatment that he and other men with long hair received on the streets of London. That BBC spot led to an interview with the London Evening News, where Bowie explained that the organization was “really for the protection of pop musicians and those who wear their hair long. Anyone who has the courage to wear their hair down to his shoulders has to go through hell. It’s time we were united and stood up for our curls.”
Robin in Central Park
“My mother’s idea of natural childbirth was giving birth without makeup.”
– Robin Williams
Photo: In 1974, photographer Daniel Sorine photographed a couple of mimes performing in Central Park. 35 years later, he revisited the photos and realized he had captured a then-unknown Robin Williams.
“What do you think about flying to Tahiti for the weekend?”
– Harpo Marx
(that’s what I think he may be saying)
Harpo Marx and Amelia Earhart on the set of the Marx Brothers’ film “Horse Feathers”, 1932
Barbra and Judy
“I’ve always taken ‘The Wizard of Oz’ very seriously, you know. I believe in the idea of the rainbow. And I’ve spent my entire life trying to get over it. ”
― Judy Garland
“Life’s too short. Start with Dessert!”
― Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand and Judy Garland performing together on an episode of The Judy Garland Show (TV Special 1962).
Elton in and out of the closet
Elton in his closet in 1975 before he came out in 1992.
“There is nothing wrong with going to bed with someone of your own sex. People should be very free with sex–they should draw the line at goats.”
― Elton John
Helen Keller and Patty Duke
Helen Keller:
the first deaf and blind person to graduate from college ~
advocate for people with disabilities amid numerous other causes ~
suffragist, pacifist, radical socialist ~
Patty Duke with Helen Keller while filming ‘The Miracle Worker’ in 1962. Patty won the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her portrayal portraying Helen Keller in the film
Wholesome
“I always felt rock and roll was very, very wholesome music.”
– Aretha Franklin, the first woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Aretha Franklin and Duane Allman during recording of her album This Girl’s in Love with You. Atlantic Studios, New York City, January 1969.
Fashion of the Future
1914 Life Magazine illustration predicting the fashion of the future
Lou’s on First
Groucho, Chico & Harpo Marx with Lou Gehrig, first baseman with the New York Yankees, in Cleveland Stadium in 1935. The Marx Brothers were promoting “A Night at the Opera” at the time.
– compiled from internet sources
Pre-Heartbreakers
Photo: 14-year-old Tom Petty (right) wearing a blonde Beatles wig playing a college fraternity party in Gainesville, FL in the mid-1960s
Tom Petty’s first band, formed with some high school friends in Gainsville, FL, was called the Sundowners. They wore Beatle boots and snappy, matching jackets.
– courtesy of The Petty Archives
Jawlensky’s Obsession
It’s a molecular thingee
“A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians.”
– Frank Zappa
Now I know it could use a good wash.
Now I know it could use a good wash.
In 1910, the Electric Detroit Model D had a range of 100 miles and could reach 25 mph – but was abandoned in favor of gasoline cars.
– courtesy of Quora
This girl just wants to have fun.
Pee-wee Herman (Paul Reubens) and Cyndi Lauper playing mini golf. (1988)
19th Nervous Breakdown
Joan Baez experienced her 19th Nervous Breakdown with the Rolling Stones in Glasgow in October,1965
Picasso Moth
Known as the Picasso Moth:
Baorisa hieroglyphica is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by the British entomologist Frederic Moore in 1882. It is known as the Picasso Moth. It is found in parts of northeastern India and Southeast Asia.
“A good photograph is knowing where to stand.”
– Ansel Adams (1902 -1984)
“A good photograph is knowing where to stand.”
– Ansel Adams (1902 -1984)
“I knew this by the age of 12.”
“I always wanted to play music and have it be my career and I knew this by the age of 12.”
“Mood definitely influences what I do. Blues is a communication thing, like talking to people and letting them know how you feel, and actually showing part of yourself and part of your life through music.”
– Johnny Winter
photographed in 1970
“I Lost Everything in the Post-Natal Depression”
“When your mother asks, ‘Do you want a piece of advice?’ it’s a mere formality. It doesn’t matter if you answer yes or no. You’re going to get it anyway.”
– Erma Bombeck, “I Lost Everything in the Post-Natal Depression”
(Emma lost everything but that dress in the post-natal depression, and that should have been the first thing to go!) 
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