His brilliance is perpetually muffled.

If he can make a comeback, maybe the human race can too.

He wrote an immortal anthem to teen freedom.

She opened every lock in your personal house of love.

The high-life of the composer of “Molly On The Shore.”

Her energy, wit and lithe sexuality made her a star.

He is still ahead of the glitter rock curve and pulling away.

He was fluent in all jazz and classical idioms.

“Please don’t make me decide between you and a bottle of beer.”

He made us wonder whether we’ll ever figure anything out.

The irrepress­ible embod­iment of America’s racial ambi­guities

Sometimes it pays a man to keep his eyes closed.

The Groovies with and without Loney were different forces of nature.

David Cassidy vs. David Bowie — who won?

Unknown until word of his devotion to conjunto spread.

He played unique variations on the art-life dialectic.

An inspired, slurry vocalist of darkness and wit.

The archetypal brand of the iconic mass-culture chanteuse.

From his 1956 debut album onward, his sound was unique.

Rock’n'roll and soul infused with humor, gravity, and sex.

His horn rendered a neurotic Scott Fitzgerald beauty in sound.

“We are Northern white crap that talks back.”

Most pop is escapism; this is sanctuary.

Rollins is CEO, “Henry Rollins” is his product, plenitude is the priority.