Quote by Salman Rushdie

Rock and roll music - the music of freedom frightens people and unleashes all manner of conservative defense mechanisms.

Rock and roll music - the music of freedom frightens people

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This quote suggests that rock and roll music, known for its rebellious and liberating nature, tends to unsettle people who hold conservative beliefs. It implies that the genre challenges societal norms and threatens conventional values, provoking defensive reactions from those who seek to uphold the status quo. Rock and roll music symbolizes a form of self-expression and cultural rebellion that can be met with resistance, censorship, or condemnation by those who find it unsettling or threatening to their conservative ideologies.

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