118 Quotes by David Berman

Silver Jews was always a coolection of old friends. Uncoolection.

The world of commerce is a kind of a purgatory itself.

I read Henry Miller's 'Nexus,' 'Sexus' and 'Plexus' the summer after I graduated from college. It cemented my decision to spurn any and all careers.

Everything I write goes through a lot of drafts. A hundred rewrites is not unusual for me to go through - the last fifty maybe just going back and forth on a single line or word selection.

I grew up the son of a businessman. And I didn't get into music to be a businessman.

Allen Ginsburg was wrong about a lot of things, but especially when he said, 'First thought, best thought.'

Like they used to say about Joe Montana, he threw soft because he couldn't throw hard. He was successful because he didn't try to do what he couldn't. I couldn't rock out harder than everybody, or overpower people with mastery like Jack White of the White Stripes, so why try? That's why I've always worked harder on words.

I've had to stop going to the nearest grocery store that seems to play Shania Twain's 'Forever and For Always' whenever I'm there. It's hard to shop for frozen entrees through cold-air blasted tears. Feels good on a flushed face though.

I hear luxury brand names, I cringe.