Rock n roll as a genre is different from pop and hip hop: it is about bands, and that for me suggests brotherhood, family, friendship and community. – Steven Van Zandt

If a friend is in trouble, don’t annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it. – Edgar Watson Howe

We are keenly aware of the faults of our friends, but if they like us enough it doesn’t matter. – Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic’s Notebook, 1960

True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance. – Henry David Thoreau