Rock N Roll Quotes - Page 22

• I grew up listening to blues and rock 'n' roll and other music, but, legitimately, the Stones is one of my favorite bands in the world.

  Ato Essandoh

  Rocks, Listening, Band

  "Ato Essandoh, Bourne Again". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 19, 2016.

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• This is rock'n'roll, not classical music. It's about people working together.

  Cass McCombs

  Rocks, People, Working Together

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• The music that I have always liked has always been more rooted in anger or sadness or alienation or any of those inspirational factors that drove rock'n'roll, gospel, and blues. I tend not to value a more pop aesthetic.

  DJ Shadow

  Sadness, Rocks, Pops

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• Its cool when I meet young guys from other bands who say how much an impact Aerosmith has had on them and how much they like me.I'll give 'em that 'C'mon you don't mean that' routine, but in my heart I know where they're coming from. If I had grown up in the '70's and was into rock n' roll, I know the kind of impact Aerosmith would have had on me. I know the kind of impact that Elvis and Jagger had on me, and while I'm not comparing myself to those guys, I can relate.

  Steven Tyler

  Heart, Mean, Impact

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• Anyone who says rock 'n' roll is a passing fad or a flash-in-the-pan trend along the music road has rocks in the head.

  Alan Freed

  Rocks, Trends, Fads

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• I tried to stick with what I knew best, which is writing rock n' roll songs and melodies. I am as passionate as I was when I was 20.

  Gary Cherone

  Song, Writing, Rocks

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• Who's going to save rock 'n' roll? It's so silly. Remember like in '86 or '87 and synthesizers were going to take over the world? And remember "rocktronica" in 1997? It's ridiculous.

  Matthew Caws

  Silly, Rocks, World

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• I remember when I was first starting out in the late 50's, and everybody at that time said rock 'n roll was gonna die. I was 15 years old when I started, and I certainly didn't believe that was true. I thought anything that feels this good and makes me want to tap my foot like this can't be a passing fad like everybody says. Of course, they were wrong, and here we are in the 90's and it's alive and well, and getting programmed all over the country, and really all over the world. So it's been a great journey.

  Bobby Vee

  Country, Believe, Journey

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• Hanoi Rocks was our baby and we were the core and we started the band. All those years that went to waste because of that accident, it's only right that we have some kind of advantage because it's our history. The name 'Hanoi Rocks' I think is one of the very best names, if not the best name of all rock n' roll bands.

  Michael Monroe

  Baby, Thinking, Rocks

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• What I can't understand why Blacks can't achieve royal status when it comes to forms that they have largely created? I mean there's a White King of Rock n' Roll, there's a White King of Jazz, how come we can never achieve titles of royalty in these fields we are supposed to prevail in? They held a so called Rock and Roll Hall of Fame the other night, where White judges credit people who resemble them with the invention of Rock and Roll. I didn't even see Blacks in the audience.

  Ishmael Reed

  Kings, Mean, Night

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• I've never stuck around long enough to know if anyone would miss me. That's rock 'n' roll, though. Here today, gone tomorrow.

  Jeff Beck

  Rocks, Long, Missing

  FaceBook post by Jeff Beck from Apr 26, 2017

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• Rock 'n' roll was two pegs below being a prisoner of war back then.

  Ronnie Hawkins

  War, Rocks, Two

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• It's not music, it's a disease. (on rock'n'roll)

  Mitch Miller

  Rocks, Disease

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• It's interesting that music in this country... we sort of sold something to America with The Beatles and they sold something back. And we've never been afraid to embrace American style rock 'n' roll and make it our own over here.

  Ricky Gervais

  Country, Rocks, America

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• I hate the solo artist aspect of rock-'n'-roll. I don't have enough personality or charisma to be a solo star.

  Dave Grohl

  Stars, Hate, Artist

  "A Few Good Foos from a FOO FIGHTER". Interview with Ray Rogers, www.interviewmagazine.com. May, 1997.

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• In the rock 'n roll slang world, they're called rock doctors, or rock docs. They would come out to shows and like to hang backstage. You could get a prescription for anything you want from them. They just want to hang out and party. It's crazy because you can get a prescription to anything. It doesn't even matter what kind of doctor they are.

  Reginald Arvizu

  Crazy, Party, Doctors

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• When you get into rock 'n' roll myths, like that Rod Stewart blew his whole band and had to get his stomach pumped, it's ridiculous, but everyone's heard it.

  Craig Finn

  Rocks, Band, Ridiculous

  "The Hold Steady". Interview with Pitchfork, pitchfork.com. May 16, 2005.

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• When you grow up, you're told that rock 'n' roll is the only authentic way to express yourself. Live instrumentation, singer, live drums. You're told that's the best medium to communicate.

  Matt Tong

  Growing Up, Rocks, Singers

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• Most of the people who are given these Rock'n'roll Hall of Fame things sell millions of records, so it's kind of like a trophy for them.

  Tommy Ramone

  Rocks, People, Trophies

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• When I started covering The Beatles and The Rolling Stones in a rock 'n' roll band, it helped me realize that my natural voice is actually really high. It helped me find my voice.

  Gotye

  Voice, Rocks, Stones

  Source: www.elle.com

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• Rap is rock 'n' roll. Rock is when you push the buttons in the system; when you say, I'm not going along with what you're saying. That's rock, whether it's done with guitars, or it's done with just beats.

  Ice T

  Rap, Rocks, Guitar

  Source: www.wbur.org

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• Rap is the new rock 'n' roll. We the real rock stars, and I'm the biggest of all of them. I'm the No. 1 rock star on the planet.

  Kanye West

  Stars, Real, Rap

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• Jazz, isn't that just a series of mistakes diguised as musical composition?

  Michael McKean

  Mistake, Musical, Jazz

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• Senator [George] Mitchell is a man of many talents and he's swift on his feet, but one would not think of him as 'dancing with the stars.' And we had this great rock 'n' roll fund raiser.

  Barbara Mikulski

  Stars, Men, Thinking

  Source: digitalcommons.bowdoin.edu

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• Rock'n'roll to me is a rebellion against the sterile pedestal culture of movies.

  Juliette Lewis

  Rocks, Pedestal, Culture

  "The Hard Lovin' Ways of Juliette Lewis". Interview with Haley Weiss, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 25, 2016.

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