"Tom Piazza's writing is filled with energy and tender, insightful words for the brilliant and irascible, from Jimmy Martin to Norman Mailer. He identifies the unlikely, precious connections between recent events, art, letters, and music; through his words, these byways of popular culture provide an unexpected measure of the times." -- Elvis Costello

"Tom Piazza's writing pulsates with nervous electrical tension--reveals the emotions that we can't define." -- Bob Dylan