Rock N Roll Quotes - Page 10

• Jesus Christ was the original rock'n'roll star. He gave people reasons to live in the rut they were living in. He was the first man to say, "You don't have to have human sacrifices, 'cause human sacrifices hurt somebody, you know?" Just believe in the spirit that is within you.

  Ozzy Osbourne

  Jesus, Hurt, Stars

  Source: jontrott.com

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• The female rock-'n'-roll-country-pop songwriter is back, and her name is Taylor Swift. And it's women like her who are going to save the music business.

  Stevie Nicks

  Country, Names, Rocks

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• Up north, you could find these radio stations with no name on the dials that played pre-rock 'n' roll things - country blues. We would hear Slim Harpo or Lightnin' Slim and gospel groups, the Dixie Hummingbirds, the Five Blind Boys of Alabama. I was so far north, I didn't even know where Alabama was.

  Bob Dylan

  Country, Boys, Rocks

  "Bob Dylan interview: 'Passion is a young man's game, older people gotta be wise'". Interview with Robert Love, www.independent.co.uk. February 7, 2015.

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• Rock n' roll was a bad and evil thing. l remember once I was singing a Barry Manilow song, "Mandy," In the back seat of the car. It came on the radio, and I kind of sang with it, and I got smacked In the mouth because that song was "evil."

  Axl Rose

  Song, Rocks, Car

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• Rock n Roll Animal, the live album, is one of the greatest live albums out there. It was a huge influence on me.

  Al Jourgensen

  Animal, Rocks, Albums

  "The Man Who Celebrates Halloween Every Day". Interview with Mick Stingley, www.esquire.com. October 31, 2013.

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• What's holding me up is I'm confused about the nature of the music. Because the modern music doesn't reach me. I mean to say the sound of the modern electric production. A lot of sequencers... synths. That's what people are buying. Because that doesn't reach me, it throws me back to like 1948, but I don't want to be there. Back there, I'm talking about blues records... The roots of rock'n'roll is rhythm and blues and that's like really where I'm at, where I was always at.

  Joe Strummer

  Confused, Mean, Rocks

  "Strummer on Man, God, Law - and the Clash". Interviewed with Richard Cromelin, articles.latimes.com. January 31, 1988.

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• If you're a gay person I'd rather not be stuck in a lift with you.

  Kerry King

  Gay, Stuck, Persons

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• We get paid in flesh. Our audiences are sluts and whores, each and every one.

  Nikki Sixx

  Flesh, Audience, Paid

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• Kiss is like a smell in a paper bag, they just never go away

  Dee Snider

  Kissing, Smell, Going Away

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• A missive to all you metal bands, the world is totally over the rock thing. Rock is deader than it's ever been.

  Billy Corgan

  Rocks, Band, World

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• It will be funny in about 10 years.

  Lemmy Kilmister

  Years

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• Anyone who thinks they're happy should really see a doctor, because there is no reason to be happy.

  Marilyn Manson

  Thinking, Doctors, Reason

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• The essence of my lyrics is the desire for peace and harmony. That's all anyone has ever wanted. How could it become outdated?...We are trying to communicate a fulfilled ideal...I am a reflection of what I sing. Sometimes I have to get serious because the things I've been through are serious...The way I see it, rock n' roll is folk music.

  Robert Plant

  Reflection, Rocks, Essence

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• My songwriting and my style became more complex as I listened, learned, borrowed and stole and put my music together.

  Boz Scaggs

  Style, Together, Writing Songs

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• Rock'n'roll is not red carpets and MySpace friends, rock'n'roll is dangerous and should piss people off

  Gerard Way

  Music, Rocks, People

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• The blues are real important. It's where most of the hard rock n' roll came from.

  Izzy Stradlin

  Real, Rocks, Important

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• Music was a way of rebelling against the whole rah-rah high school thing.

  Adam Levine

  School, Way, Whole

  "Inside Adam Levine's Private Life". Interview with Mickey Rapkin, www.elle.com. November 10, 2011.

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• I don't know if it's possible to live the rock 'n' roll lifestyle and still be romantic.

  Adam Levine

  Rocks, Lifestyle, Stills

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

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• I feel like that I'm learning all the time. I'm learning from new artists, from established artists... every time I listen to '70s rock 'n' roll records, I'm learning. And I think that I'm just now starting to get a hold on what I do.

  Tim McGraw

  Artist, Thinking, Rocks

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• Rock 'n' roll started to make so much money and generated so much income for the record companies that suddenly it was no longer evil.

  John Landis

  Rocks, Evil, Income

  Source: collider.com

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• Everybody was tellin' me that I had to do something different, and I kind of agreed that I did need to vary it a little bit. I still love some rock 'n' roll too.

  Johnny Winter

  Rocks, Different, Needs

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• I just like the blues better than rock 'n' roll

  Johnny Winter

  Rocks

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• I started playing ukulele first for 2 years from age 9 to 11 and got my first guitar and got inspired by blues I heard on the radio that turned me on and I started learning myself.

  Johnny Winter

  Learning, Guitar, Years

  Interview with Vasja Ivanovski, www.blesok.com.mk. May/June 2003.

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• Im also performing regularly in Southern California with two bands. As a solo artist doing acoustic sets and a member of the Jenerators, my rock n roll band that has been around for a long time now.

  Bill Mumy

  Artist, Rocks, Two

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• I never considered myself part of rock 'n' roll. My stuff was more adult. It was more difficult for teenagers to relate to; my stuff was filled with more despair than anything you'd associate with rock 'n' roll. Since I couldn't see people dancing, I didn't write jitterbugs or twists. I wrote rhythms that moved me. My style requires pure heart singing.

  Ray Charles

  Teenager, Writing, Heart

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

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