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Quotes About Rock

I think Slayer is a funky band.
~ Robert Trujillo
We went on stage with the Jefferson Airplane, Jim started singing with Grace Slick and hugging her. Then he danced off the stage, went back into the dressing room and passed out cold.
~ Ray Manzarek
I booked time in Philly Sound, which is an old church in south Philly that has a studio to the side of it that holds about 350 people. On the radio, we announced a free gig, bought about three kegs of beer. That got the audience slightly off of their legs, and we rocked the house.
~ John Waite
It is fun to smash guitars.
~ Kim Gordon
No one knows this, but when I would play the clubs back in '65, '66, they used to call me 'Screaming Chicken,' 'cause I would go out and scream, fall on the ground, beat myself, smash stuff, jump through the ceiling, roll on the floor, and act like I was having epileptic fits.
~ Rick Nielsen
Chad Smith is a member of Chickenfoot, and that's that.
~ Michael Anthony
People who like progressive music tend to sneer at the idea of a kind of punk aesthetic, and people who like alternative indie rock or punk rock tend to sneer at what they see as the pretentiousness and pomposity of progressive music.
~ Steven Wilson
Music was segregated in the '80s, and then in the '90s the boundaries started to break down, and rock kids got into electronic music. But then you got this reverse snobbery where people would only listen to electronic music and not rock.
~ Thomas Bangalter
Little did I know how much the Runaways had influenced so many people.
~ Cherie Currie
It was so much fun to work with the cast on 'School of Rock'. I was a little nervous because it was my first acting gig, but it was such a great experience.
~ Daya
Doveva trovarsi sopra gli scavi archeologici, pensò. Un ottavo di miglio quadrato che era stato ancorato nella roccia sottostante con degli stabilizzatori dopo aver sepolto nel suo cuore almeno tre segnalatori di navigazione sigillati per impedire che la terra, in una nuova epoca, nascondesse di nuovo il tutto.
~ Michael Swanwick
We recall that the warping of the bedsheet was determined by the presence of the rock. Einstein summarized this analogy by stating: The presence of matter-energy determines the curvature of the space-time surrounding it.
~ Michio Kaku
I love a little distortion across the bass; I think it kind of adds something to the sound of the band when the bass is a little overdriven.
~ Nikki Sixx
Everyone likes at least one Elvis song....Me, I love them all. He was, is and will remain the ultimate rock star.
~ Robbie Williams
I am not a rock producer. I don't see that. I once turned down Guns N' Roses. I don't like shouting. I'm a melody guy. I love great melody.
~ Steve Lillywhite
I think people will always love a heavy Sabbath riff because it's fundamental to rock.
~ Stone Gossard
Touring and performing is the best part of my job. I love it. I guess I like pop and rock. Really getting into a powerful stage performane, running around like crazy on the stage.
~ Vanessa Amorosi
I equally love both, classic rock and hip-hop. I love all music, really, and I really use classic rock a lot. I'm heavily influenced by that melodically in my music. I can't really separate the two.
~ Yelawolf
I love dancing, but I'm not that good of a singer. I sang in punk rock bands in high school and college and stuff, but that mostly involved lots of screaming.
~ Brian Dietzen
I love English rock music the best and have always been fascinated by The Clash, especially Joe Strummer, their singer.
~ Carla Bruni
And then of course the music sprang up, lousy rock as bold and dull as a giant potato. "Love this song," Todd said, like it was unusually brave to like what was number one on the radio.
~ Daniel Handler
But just then the moon, sailing through the black clouds, appeared behind the jagged crest of a beetling, pine-clad rock, and by its light I saw around us a ring of wolves, with white teeth and lolling red tongues, with long, sinewy limbs and shaggy hair. They were
~ Bram Stoker
Kendra wished for a rock to throw at her brother.
~ Brandon Mull
The only planet we are sure is inhabited is a tiny speck of rock and metal, shining feebly by reflected sunlight, and at this distance utterly lost.
~ Carl Sagan