Rock Music Quotes

• The hippies wanted peace and love. We wanted Ferraris, blondes and switchblades.

  Alice Cooper

  Hippie, And Love, Blonde

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• Rock music should be gross: that's the fun of it. It gets up and drops its trousers.

  Bruce Dickinson

  Fun, Rocks, Rock N Roll

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I won't be a rock star. I will be a legend.

  Freddie Mercury

  Stars, Rocks, Singers

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  When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.

  Jimi Hendrix

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• Until I realized that rock music was my connection to the rest of the human race, I felt like I was dying, for some reason, and I didn't know why.

  Bruce Springsteen

  Race, Rocks, Dying

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Rock music was never written for or performed for conservative tastes.

  Frank Zappa

  Rocks, Taste, Conservative

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• Your talking to someone who really understands rock music.

  Tipper Gore

  Music, Rocks, Talking

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• That's what rock music is, I think - constantly searching for authenticity, and being as honest as possible.

  Jonathan Jackson

  Thinking, Rocks, Honest

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• When you talk like an asshole and look like an asshole, you're an asshole

  John Lydon

  Funny, Attitude, Talking

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• When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down happy.

  John Lennon

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• With rock music, the amount of power that you can generate, the intensity behind the intentions of your lyrics that you can really reflect through rock music - you can't do that in jazz. You can't do that with classical.

  Serj Tankian

  Rocks, Jazz, Intention

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• Art is my God, Music is my religion.

  Otep Shamaya

  Music, God, Art

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• Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans.

  John Lennon

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

  "Song: 'Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)' ('Double Fantasy')". 1980.

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• But life is just a party, and parties weren't meant to last.

  Prince

  Life, Song, Party

  Song: 1999 The Hits Mix

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• People don't run out of dreams - people just run out of time.

  Glenn Frey

  Love, Running, Dream

  Song: River Of Dreams

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• When I was a little boy, I told my dad, 'When I grow up, I want to be a musician.' My dad said: 'You can't do both, Son'.

  Chet Atkins

  Funny, Music, Dad

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• Writing songs is cheaper than going to therapy.

  Brent Smith

  Song, Writing, Musician

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• Religion is for people who fear hell, spirituality is for people who have been there.

  David Bowie

  Clever, Fear, Recovery

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• If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library.

  Frank Zappa

  Funny, Education, Sex

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• Music is the only thing in this world, with the exception of sneezing and looking at the sunset, that takes you to a place that's above the mundane. Everything else is just bullshit.

  Stephan Jenkins

  Music, Sunset, Bullshit

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Rock music is important to people , because it allows them to escape this crazy world. It allows them not to run away from the problems that are there, but to face up to them , but at the same time sort of DANCE ALL OVER THEM. That's what rock and roll is about.

  Pete Townshend

  Running, Crazy, Rocks

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  Don’t you love the Oxford Dictionary? When I first read it, I thought it was a really really long poem about everything.

  David Bowie

  Book, Reading, Oxford

  "FMO’s Final Interview With David Bowie". Interview with Johnnny, fmobserver.com. March 4, 2016.

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• All I want for my birthday is another birthday.

  Ian Dury

  Funny, Birthday, Honesty

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• If you ever think about giving up, remember why you held on for so long.

  Hayley Williams

  Encouraging, Long Distance Relationship, Encouragement

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• Action is the antidote to despair.

  Joan Baez

  Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness

  "The Joan Baez 75th Birthday Concert: Four Days Before The Iowa Voting, A Double Shot Of Espresso" by Jesse Kornbluth, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 28, 2016.

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