"It is one man's struggle for the kind of authenticity in life and in music which everything in our time seems designed to frustrate and destroy."

"An utterly refreshing and rollicking ramble through the world of contemporary music, under the wing of a rambunctious tour guide."

"A valuable readable musicologist's tale"

"The great quality of his book is zest.... If it doesn't make you feel young again, you will at least remember what it felt like to be so."