Michael Alig Quotes

#1. I've sort of come to accept the fact that when I'm 80, people will ask about Michael Alig. I've had to realize that this is part of who I am.

James St. James

#2. I thought it would be interesting to write a song about a lonely person who is scared to see the truth that is right in from of him. I thought it would be interesting if you could watch yourself from a distance.

Matthew Shultz

#3. It's the journey, not the destination, that changes us! HS/el

Evinda Lepins

#4. A poet can't afford to be aloof. The tools of his trade are the people he bumps up against.

Rod McKuen

#5. There was no way I could write a paper knowing that Andy Warhol and Boy George were partying at Danceteria.

Michael Alig

#6. Even speech was for them was a debased form of silence; how much more futile is poetry which is a debased form of speech.

Thornton Wilder

#7. I wanted to create my own world, a world full of color, where everyone could play. One big party that never ends.

Michael Alig

#8. My friend created an iPhone app that locates Vienna Beef products across the country. Personally, I came hardwired with an internal GPS that instinctively points me toward coffee shops, cupcake stores and the perfect Chicago-style dog, so I find this technology redundant.

Jen Lancaster