HK 980, 13 augustus 2026
“There are two categories in the music business. There are people who are in it for the business and people who are in it for the music. People like Chinn and Chapman are the businessmen and I consider people like John Lennon, Elton John and Stevie Wonder and ourselves, the musicians”.
Lol Creme (10 cc), in interview met Harry Doherty, Melody Maker, 20 september 1975

HK 979, 9 augustus 2026
“Ik ben zogenaamd beroemd, maar ik heb daar niets mee. Wat is beroemd? Wat is belangrijk?”
Jerney Kaagman, in interview met Miek Smilde, Trouw, 22 december 2012
HK 978, 5 augustus 2026
Glenn Miller was as progressive in 1938 as Pink Floyd were in 1968.
Angie Errigo, New Musical Express, 7 februari 1976
HK 977, 31 juli 2026
Ali B. en Marco Borsato zijn vooralsnog niet meer te horen bij radiozenders van de publieke omroep. Na de aflevering van Boos over seksueel grensoverschrijdend gedrag bij The Voice of Holland, koos onder andere de NPO voor een muziekboycot.
Hannah Boerstra, Trouw, 29 januari 2022
HK 976, 26 juli 2026
The first single I can remember buying was ‘Fingertips Parts 1 & 2’ by Stevie Wonder
John Hiatt, in interview met Michael Heatley, Classic Rock, juni 2001
HK 975, 21 juli 2026
“Ik ben weg van de Stones LP ‘Aftermath’”.
Art Garfunkel in interview met Harry Knipschild, Teenbeat, augustus 1966
HK 974, 16 juli 2026
“At the moment, I read sort of very strange things like I, Jan Cramer. Things which are a social comment. This Cramer [1940-2024] is a beat painter in Holland”.
Jimmy Page, Hitparader, maart 1967
HK 973, 12 juli 2026
Madonna rookt sigaren.
Lucas Ligtenberg, NRC, 18 september 1996
HK 972, 8 juli 2026
“We cut ‘Satisfaction’ in Los Angeles when we were working there. We like it, but didn’t think of it as a single”.
Interview Mick Jagger, in Melody Maker, 28 augustus 1965
HK 971, 4 juli 2026
The Village People werd opgericht om het homopubliek te paaien. In werkelijkheid schijnt er maar één lid van die kant geweest te zijn: Felipe Rose die de indiaan speelde.
Jacob Haagsma, NRC, 1 maart 2003
HK 970, 30 juni 2026
“Toen ik Billie Eilish op Lowlands zag, kreeg ik voor het eerst kippevel van muziek”.
Jet van der Steen, in interview met Thijs Schrik, NRC, 4 juni 2026
HK 969, 26 juni 2026
I can’t stand James Brown. He’s just a very ignorant, very illiterate little monkey man. And he hates me. I don’t know why, but he’s hated me since we first met each other about 1955, and he’s just been an asshole ever since.
Etta James (1938-2012), in interview met Colman Andrews, Phonograph Record, 6 mei 1978
HK 968, 22 juni 2026
“In de muziekindustrie worden we geacht bij de Democratische familie te horen”.
Citaat Nicki Minaj in artikel Harmen van Dijk, Trouw, 21 mei 2026
HK 967, 18 juni 2026
“We [Animals] used to regard people like John Lee Hooker and Sonny Boy Williamson as sort of gods and their songs as works of art. When we actually met them, we discovered that what they were writing about was fucking, fighting and drinking. Just struggling to earn a living. They laughed at our hero worship”.
Alan Price, in interview met Keith Altham, New Musical Expres, 22 september 1973
HK 966, 14 juni 2026
“Binnen een jaar scoort een Nederlandse artiest een wereldhit”
Freddy Haayen, Muziek Parade januari 1968
HK 965, 10 juni 2026
Like Rod Stewart, Noddy Holder [zanger van Slade] is an Al Jolson fan. “He knocks me out. He always had a catwalk into the audience, and have the lights up on the people in the audience which is something I’d like to do. When he was singing to them he could see their faces and their reactions and that’s what I like to see. I love to see a feedback to the music and how they are reacting to it. When he did ‘Mammy’ the people were almost crying in the audience; then he’d do a light-hearted number and make them laugh”.
Chris Charlesworth, Melody Maker, 17 februari 1973