Greil Marcus Quotes

I really wanted to just be a musician. I didn't want to be anything else, but I was funny and all that.

I loved working with Bob Dylan.

And I loved Fats Waller. I love his instrumental abilities, his vocal abilities and his sense of humor.

Erroll Garner is one of the few musicians I believe has a sense of humor in his music.

50 Cent should stick to what he does best, rapping, and leave the funny business to comedians.

I think Bob Dylan's a good songwriter. I think he's the best songwriter in the world probably.

I am a Bob Dylan fan.

My wife is funny. And I dabble in it. So being funny is big around our house. But what's surprised me is my daughter can do an English accent. I don't know how she learned this.

Courtney Love's name should be right next to Bob Dylan when they say best lyricist of all time.

Life is a joke that's just begun.

I just don't get if you have ever gotten offended by a joke, why would you go to a comedy club? That's where jokes happen.

Whenever you get a bunch of guys that are funny or think they’re funny, when you first meet, there’s always a lot of bits and it’s never, ever, ever funny. So basically you have to get through the awkwardness.

Making people laugh is what I've been doing since I was like four or five years old. I still have a lust, I still have a passion. I don't care about how I look, I'm dedicated to the laughs.

If somebody makes me laugh, I’m his slave for life.

It is fatal to let any dog know that he is funny, for he immediately loses his head and starts hamming it up.

Good taste is the enemy of comedy.

I'm funny how, I mean funny like I'm a clown?

For doing comedy, a sense of humor is a must!

To me, being funny is more important than making a point, but I don't know. Most politicians are so interested in making points that they don't ... I'd rather be funny myself, and I'd rather listen to somebody with a little sense of humor.

My husband is very funny and his humor has gotten us through a lot. He's good at defusing me.

I think the second you think that you're funny is when you stop being funny.

If Jesus doesn't have a sense of humor, I am in huge trouble.

I think I found it difficult though to keep a straight face when we were actually working and I wasn't supposed to be laughing.

Between funny and witty Falls the shadow