Frederick Douglass Social Reformer, Writer “I have no accurate knowledge of my age, never having seen any authentic record containing it.” Age Records Accurate ♥ 3
LG Lesley Gore Singer-songwriter “I think the record industry, by and large what's left of it, is still totally homophobic. I think it's much less so in the film industry now, but the record industry, it's always been a man's world.” Thinking Men Records ♥ 3
Henry David Thoreau Writer, Philosopher “Writing may be either the record of a deed or a deed. It is nobler when it is a deed.” Writing Records ♥ 3
Kerry King Musician “Venom were the first thrash band i heard on record-it really pushed me to the best!” Firsts Records ♥ 3
Kerry King Musician “This record was supposed to come out in July already, but it just got delayed and delayed, so, well, I guess it was just coincidence.” Records July Coincidence ♥ 3
Henry Louis Gates Scholar, Historian “There's a boom in genealogy now. With ancestry.com and other sites digitizing so many of the records, you can now find things in a few minutes that used to take months.” Records Months Ancestry ♥ 3
Henry Louis Gates Scholar, Historian “What happened in the interim is, billions of records have been digitized. Historians and scholars have always used genealogical records to tell the story of American history. It takes months and years of research. I can't even tell you how laborious that is. You have to be somebody who has a lot of free time, like a professor who can take tenure or someone with a great deal of leisure.” Years Stories Records ♥ 3
Lester Bowie Musician, Trumpeter “These record companies are going to be going out of business pretty soon, because people are just going to be downloading what they want to hear.” People Records Going Out ♥ 3
Henry Rollins Musician, Writer, Actor “It's hard to get people at a record company to talk about music. They don't seem to want to talk about music, it's all marketing, and that's part of a record, you gotta get it out there, people have gotta hear it, but you could do it in a way that's not repulsive.” People Records Marketing ♥ 3
Henry Rollins Musician, Writer, Actor “The Ninja, as you know, operates by stealth. And so, case in point: I put out records... no one hears them! I make videos... (whispers) no one sees! I go on tour.... (whispers) no one knows! NINJA! I was never here!” Records Goes On Video ♥ 3
Henry Rollins Musician, Writer, Actor “Rock n' roll unchained a nation and revolutionized radio and the record industry, not to mention the motion picture business.” Rocks Records Radio ♥ 3
Henry Rollins Musician, Writer, Actor “My laptop seems to know where I am, even if I don't. My cellphone asks me if I want directions to anywhere from the spot I am standing in. I buy a record online and Amazon.com sends me letters, telling me that people who bought what I bought also bought these other records.” People Records Amazon ♥ 3
