Ted Rall Quotes

I will say that over the years I've been associated with things that were well-reviewed that I wasn't particularly crazy about, and I've been in things that didn't get very good reviews that I was rather fond of.

One man's ways may be as good as another's, but we all like our own best.

I think good taste is completely subjective. If you enjoy something, that's great! Enjoy it, and don't let anyone tell you not to.

In my reviews, I feel it's good to make it clear that I'm not proposing objective truth, but subjective reactions; a review should reflect the immediate experience.

To appreciate a work of art, is it okay to like what you like, and the heck with the art critics and experts? Absolutely.

A film is just like a muffin. You make it. You put it on the table. One person might say, 'Oh, I don't like it.' One might say it's the best muffin ever made. One might say it's an awful muffin. It's hard for me to say. It's for me to make the muffin.

You either like something, or you don't; you won't change your opinion because somebody explains why you should like it.

I don't know why, it's the same reason why you like some music and you don't like others. There's something about it that you like. Ultimately I don't find it's in my best interests to try and analyze it, since it's fundamentally emotional.

I'm not the best at choosing what's good and what's bad. I wouldn't even know what's a good pop song and what's a bad one. With that said, I wanted to say what's true to me. Some people might say that the Skrillex record was pop, but that was just about the chemistry between me and my boy.

Music is beautiful. Yes, music is great. My music's great.

Good art however 'immoral' is wholly a thing of virtue. Good art can NOT be immoral. By good art I mean art that bears true witness, I mean the art that is most precise.

We wrote what sounded good to us and hoped it would find a home.

There aren't reasons why you like this song or this piece of music, or don't like it. It's just, it's either right or wrong, you know?

I have always thought that being a good American is appreciating the world, not just your own country.

I don't know if I have good style; I just know what I like.

I don't have a favorite author; I have favorite books. 'Moby Dick' is a favorite book, but Melville was a drunk who beat his wife. 'Moveable Feast' by Hemingway, but I would not like him personally. He was a stupid macho person who believed in shooting animals for fun, but that book was incredible!

Wrestling can be anything... There's some forms of wrestling that I'm not too big a fan of, but I'm not going to say it's not wrestling because it is wrestling.

Some people like my singing. But it sounds like bad singing to a lot of other people.

I don't care about the bare fact that anyone liked or didn't like a book or movie; they can only interest me in that bare fact by writing an intelligent review.

If it's a good movie, it's a good movie. I don't care about the genres.

If I think something is heinous, but the person feels amazing in it, who am I to critique it? If they think that those bell-bottom, cropped, shredded jeans look good, then good for them!

I have never judged a film by its budget or stars.

Art is subjective. I'm not looking for people's praise.

Art is subjective and, as an artiste, if our artistic work is not appreciated by the majority, it hurts.

I have nothing to say about the music of others because it's a matter of taste.