Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Sasha Frere-Jones

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American writer Sasha Frere-Jones.
Last updated on November 8, 2024.
Sasha Frere-Jones

Alexander Roger Wallace "Sasha" Frere-Jones is an American writer, music critic, and musician. He has written for Pretty Decorating, ego trip, Hit It And Quit It, Mean, Slant, The New York Post, The Wire, The Village Voice, Slate, Spin, and The New York Times. He was on the staff of The New Yorker from 2004 to 2015. In January 2015, he left The New Yorker to work for Genius as an executive editor. Frere-Jones left Genius after several months to become critic-at-large at The Los Angeles Times. He left the Times in 2016.

I was happiest, frankly, when I had a day job and then I went and was in my band that I never, ever had dreams of making money, ever.
Meryl Streep, despite not being a Prime Minister, is reasonably convincing in 'The Iron Lady.'
The only time I made money was when I licensed my own solo guitar record, which sold maybe seven copies. — © Sasha Frere-Jones
The only time I made money was when I licensed my own solo guitar record, which sold maybe seven copies.
The history of pop is a progression of underground styles going mainstream, so there's nothing unusual about the White Stripes or Franz Ferdinand selling records.
My criticism hasn't necessarily been informed by the critics I've read. The conversations I've had with friends and fellow musicians have shaped my thinking more than the work of any critic.
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