“You felt like you were walking into history when you were there. It was a very old bar from like the late 1800s. There were the neon lights that were always on. There were stickers on top of stickers on top of stickers. And it smelled like old wood and dreams.” - Jackie Luther, former bartender at CBGB

“Life is at the bottom of things and belief at the top, while the creative impulse, dwelling in the center, informs all... Maybe we can't draw flesh from reverie nor retrieve a dusty spur, but we can gather the dream itself and bring it back uniquely whole.” - Patti Smith, various quotes