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Quotes About Rock

I wanted to make noise, not study theory.
~ James Hetfield
I see friends who are in different genres of music, and they say they're so burnt playing the same stuff every night. That's why you see a country act wanting to go out and play an old classic rock song. But what cracks me up is that they all want to be Jimmy Buffett. I can't figure that out.
~ Kid Rock
Rock shows are loud, so I try to use a sound that is warm on the high frequencies.
~ Paul Gilbert
My first tour I did was The Warped Tour, and I was likening myself to the bearded lady at the circus because not only was I an actor touring, doing rock n' roll, but I was also a female front person making really muscular, male-dominated rock music.
~ Juliette Lewis
We walk around Warped Tour all the time and I swear to you, kids are like, 'Hey, that looks like the guy from New Found Glory.'
~ Chad Gilbert
When the glam metal thing of the late '80s became too glammy, then instead of having two bottles of hairspray in your hair, it became better not to wash your hair at all. To me it's all trend stuff. I don't follow that stuff. I just do what I feel is the right thing. I don't know what the reason is for that. It's not fashion.
~ Yngwie Malmsteen
A clapping sound was Pathka's laughter, and then the thnik buzzed, disconnected. Tess picked herself up, threw a rock at the moon, and stumbled back to camp.
~ Rachel Hartman
**(C)(P) BOOK- IN THE PASSAGE OF TIME-LOSING YOUR LOVED ONES-TEACHES ME THIS TRUTH:- WITH MUCH WISDOM COMES SORROW. SORROW MAKES ONE ASK-WHAT ARE WE TOILING FOR? WHY WORRY? I KNOW THAT I MAY SAVE OTHERS, BUT MYSELF I CANNOT SAVE. JAH IS MY ROCK!
~ RAS CARDO REGGAE
Any band that calls themselves 'The Killers' is gonna be dangerous.
~ Dave Keuning
The Eagles and the Captain and Tennille ruled the airwaves, and we were the answer to it.
~ Joey Ramone
A lot of the 'Back In Black' stuff is really challenging.
~ Axl Rose
I grew up on rock and roll like My Chemical Romance, who were actually genuinely talking about and saying things.
~ Yungblud
When I was 18 in Cold Chisel, I didn't want to make it to 21. Who wants to be that old?
~ Jimmy Barnes
I was a choir boy at school, then when the choir became less cool, I became a kind of rock star in my own world.
~ Harry Hadden-Paton
Rock music was the death of jazz in a way. I know there's a bunch of people who say jazz isn't dead, but I mean, rock 'n roll, you play three chords to 20,000 people; jazz, you play 20,000 chords to three people.
~ Jamie Hince
I was driving home and thinking about what rock and roll should be about. 'Adventure and Trouble!' I thought. I sang the song first and then added the chords later.
~ Paul Gilbert
I think the world of Chuck Berry.
~ Robbie Robertson
From the time I was 12 until I was 21, Chuck Berry was my favorite artist.
~ Steve Miller
The whole idea of rock and roll lifestyle is a cartoon. It's a caricature. And at times, it's made up of people emulating others; a few who actually live that lifestyle and many who claim to live that lifestyle.
~ Paul Stanley
I think Robert Plant is the quintessential frontman - just the way he moves. His voice is superhuman.
~ Taylor Momsen
'Sunshine Superman' was a pioneering work that for the first time presented a fusion of Celtic, jazz, folk, rock, and Indian music as well as poetry.
~ Donovan
I love going to my supermarket. Sounds so rock 'n' roll, eh?
~ Rachel Stevens
I've never supported this concept of going after Napster. I think the rock bands who fought this were wrong.
~ Michael Moore
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame traditionally has had a management style that is very supportive of American talent, first and foremost, over everything else. And I think that's right and proper.
~ Ian Anderson