Rock Star Quotes - Page 15

• The marks humans leave are too often scars. You build a hideous minimall or start a coup or try to become a rock star and you'll think "they'll remember me now," but (a) they don't remember you, and (b) all you leave behind are more scars. Your coup becomes a dictatorship. Your minimall becomes a lesion.

  John Green

  Stars, Thinking, Rocks

  "The Fault in Our Stars". Book by John Green, 2012.

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• America gets rock stars a little more than Canada does.

  Sebastian Bach

  Stars, Rocks, America

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• Having rock-star problems may be the closest I ever get to being an actual rock star.

  Cassandra Clare

  Stars, Rocks, May

  Cassandra Clare (2010). “City of Glass”, p.556, Simon and Schuster

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• I took a closer look. Jesus had piercing blue eyes, dark hair that hung in a flawless mess, his body was emaciated and taut, his hands and feet dripped with blood, and nothing but a gauzy loincloth hid what looked like a nice package underneath. “Sexy,” I said. “He looks like a rock star.

  Tiffanie DeBartolo

  Sexy, Jesus, Stars

  Tiffanie DeBartolo (2005). “How to Kill a Rock Star”, p.18, Sourcebooks, Inc.

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• It wasn't an excuse. It was a fact. He'd had to make his way alone, and no one - not rock stars, not professional athletes, not software billionaires, and not even geniuses - ever makes it alone.

  Malcolm Gladwell

  Stars, Athlete, Rocks

  "Outliers: The Story of Success". Book by Malcolm Gladwell, November 18, 2008.

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• I always figure hey, look, I'm not a rock star, I'm an actor. I'm somebody who's meant to be other people and I'm not meant to be here representing myself. I'm happier when I'm presenting myself as other characters.

  Christian Bale

  Stars, Character, Rocks

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• That ones yours,huh?"he asked,pointing to 3A."How come it just says 'Kyle'?Doesnt he have a last name?" "Kyle wants to be a rock star,"Simon said,heading down the stairs."I think his working the one-name thing.Like Rihanna.

  Cassandra Clare

  Stars, Thinking, Rocks

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (4 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels”, p.1386, Simon and Schuster

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• I have to admit I've found myself doing the same things that a lot of other rock stars do or are forced to do. Which is not being able to respond to mail, not being able to keep up on current music, and I'm pretty much locked away a lot. The outside world is pretty foreign to me.

  Kurt Cobain

  Stars, Rocks, World

  "Kurt Cobain, The Rolling Stone Interview: Success Doesn't Suck". Interview with David Fricke, www.rollingstone.com. January 27, 1994.

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• Dave was great in Van Halen. No question about it. He was one of the best at being Mr. Rock Star. But it's sickening to see a guy still trying to be that with a wig on 20 years later.

  Sammy Hagar

  Stars, Rocks, Years

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• When you are a rock star in front of 20,000 people, you receive instant gratification. A rock star on tour is a king in his domain.

  Gene Simmons

  Kings, Stars, Rocks

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• Just as Bowie, Zeppelin, etc., became rock stars by remaking themselves in the image of the California girls, the Go-Gos became rock stars by pretending to be the Buzzcocks and the Sex Pistols. Jane Wiedlin always said her biggest influence was growing up in L.A. as a Bowie girl.

  Rob Sheffield

  Girl, Sex, Stars

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• It's funny, when bands or younger musicians ask me: 'So, what does it take to make it?' Well, first explain to me what you mean by 'making it': Do you want to be a rock star or do you want music to be your livelihood?

  Eddie Van Halen

  Stars, Mean, Rocks

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• There will always be rock stars, but I don't know how much depth and longevity they'll have.

  Rick Springfield

  Stars, Rocks, Depth

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• Bruce Springsteen's a rock star. Elton John is a rock star. I'm a folk musician. Honestly, I think that's true.

  James Taylor

  Stars, Thinking, Rocks

  "James Taylor: 'I never did feel like I was the cool one'". Interview with Denise Quan, www.cnn.com. October 21, 2008.

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• You know, rock stardom... I have a hard time discussing that because I don't really accept it. It's not really that tangible. What's really bizarre is how it's used as a thing - you know, 'He's the rock star of politics,' 'He's the rock star of quarterbacks' - like it's the greatest thing in the world.

  Eddie Vedder

  Stars, Hard Times, Rocks

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• I'm a big rock star, I got a beautiful girl, and they still call me a fag. Its' like high school never ends - the jocks are always on top.

  Jonathan Davis

  Beautiful, Girl, Stars

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• It was unbelievable. She was standing there, staring at him like he was a real rock star.

  Kami Garcia

  Stars, Real, Rocks

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• Actors, movie stars, rock stars, I can meet them with no worries - but with footballers I go weak at the knees. All of them.

  Matt Smith

  Stars, Rocks, Worry

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

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• I deliberately try not to cater for the commercial market, so I can't see myself in competition, you know, with second or third generation rock stars.

  Van Morrison

  Stars, Rocks, Competition

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• You don't see a lot of black rock stars. The music industry tends to be segregated stylistically. It's hard for a black artist to cross over to rock music.

  Lance Reddick

  Stars, Artist, Rocks

  "'Wire' and 'Fringe' star makes music, too". Interview with John Carucci, www.sandiegouniontribune.com. January 10, 2011.

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• When I go to a sci-fi convention, oh God, it's the closest thing to being a rock star I will ever know in this life. I want to be a rock star, don't you? It's a good thing to be, a rock star.

  Nathan Fillion

  Stars, Rocks, Want

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• I can be a rock star with a television show and still have a self-esteem problem. So it's nice to have your dad go, 'Hey Melissa, I'm proud of you - you're doing good.'

  Melissa Etheridge

  Stars, Dad, Self Esteem

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• I want to sympathize, I do, but the love triangle is just too delicious. The determined rock star and the possessive billionaire. Rawr.

  Sylvia Day

  Stars, Rocks, Triangles

  Sylvia Day (2013). “The Crossfire Series Books 1-3 by Sylvia Day”, p.437, Penguin

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• I've been a rock star since you were very young. But I've never encountered anything as powerful as cancer.

  Melissa Etheridge

  Stars, Powerful, Cancer

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• I'm not a rock star. Sure I am, to a certain extent because of the situation, but when kids ask me how it feels to be a rock star, I say leave me alone, I'm not a rock star. I'm not in it for the fame, I'm in it because I like to play.

  Eddie Van Halen

  Stars, Kids, Rocks

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