Skid Row Quotes

• I made practice runs down to skid row to get ready for my future.

  Charles Bukowski

  Running, Practice, Made

  Charles Bukowski (2001). “Ham On Rye”, p.307, Canongate Books

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• When I get down to my last dime I'll just walk over to skid row." "There are some real weirdos down there." "They're everywhere.

  Charles Bukowski

  Real, Dimes, Lasts

  Charles Bukowski (2001). “Ham On Rye”, p.288, Canongate Books

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• I do Skid Row every night.

  Sebastian Bach

  Night, Every Night

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• Everybody in boxing probably makes out well except for the fighter.

  Mike Tyson

  Boxing, Fighter, Wells

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• Being a cover artist is not like being a real artist. That's just copying what someone else did.

  Sebastian Bach

  Real, Artist, Copying

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• Famously sunny Los Angeles has long been known as the homeless capital of America, from beachy communities like Santa Monica and Venice to Skid Row downtown.

  John Carlos Frey

  America, Venice, Long

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• When your 18th, 19, 20 years old like we were at that time, its just like anyone else, you look at like Silverchair and bands like that that are super young and sound extremely derivative of bands that were out at that current moment. As they sounded like 'Nirvana in pajamas' as we called them, we sounded like Bon Jovi and Skid Row and Motley Crue, because we were only influenced by what was out at the time because we were so young

  Butch Walker

  Years, Sound, Looks

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• A lot of people when they try to sing Skid Row songs, they're screaming and yelling too much. It's more singing than screaming.

  Sebastian Bach

  Song, Yelling, People

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• I get noticed for different things I've done in different areas of town. If I'm in a rock club, it'll be Skid Row, if I'm in a mall it's the 'Gilmore Girls.'

  Sebastian Bach

  Girl, Rocks, Different

  "Sebastian Bach is one big, giant contradiction". Interview with Allison Stewart, articles.chicagotribune.com. July 26, 2012.

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• Everyone in boxing probably makes out well except for the fighter. He's the only one that's on Skid Row most of the time; he's the only one that everybody just leaves when he loses his mind. He sometimes goes insane, he sometimes goes on the bottle, because it's an intensive pressure sport that allows people to just lose it.

  Mike Tyson

  Sports, People, Boxing

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• I know that I come from mid-20th century America, urban, specifically downtown New York, specifically an Italian-American area, Roman Catholic - that's who I am. And a part of what I know is there's a decency to people who tried to make a living in the kind of world that was around us and also the Skid Row area of the Bowery; it impressed me.

  Martin Scorsese

  New York, Italian, America

  "Martin Scorsese Defends 'The Wolf of Wall Street': 'The Devil Comes With a Smile' (Q&A)". Interview with Scott Feinberg, www.hollywoodreporter.com. December 31, 2013.

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