Rocks Quotes - Page 10

• I started going to rock shows at a really young age, and seeing other young people make music definitely influenced me.

  Frankie Cosmos

  People, Age, Young

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• I tend to gravitate towards the great rock-and-roll front men, the guys that are very "bare bones." I like Bono, I like Chris Martin(Coldplay) and I like the running around. I think they are amazing at it, but I think that there is something great about a guy that can captivate a room, and very little movement and running everywhere.

  Matthew Mayfield

  Running, Men, Thinking

  Source: mousertime.blogspot.com

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• I could definitely rock out to Kraftwerk's "Tour De France," Tubeway Army, or Gary Numan. All of that stuff has an infectious beat, but with "Oh Yeah," I can't even identify what's going on. It sounds like typewriter keys, a couple of synth notes and then this really deep "Oh yeah," which I always picture as Andre The Giant on vocals.

  Margaret Cho

  Couple, Army, Keys

  "Margaret Cho on why Yello’s “Oh Yeah” reminds her of sex clubs and John Hughes". Interview with Drew Fortune, www.avclub.com. March 2, 2016.

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• I don't really listen to rock music anymore. But were I to write a song that sounded like it could be a rock song, I'd probably give it to the Pornographers, and I'd be excited to try to make it work.

  Dan Bejar

  Song, Writing, Giving

  "Destroyer. Pornographer. Bejar". Interview with Phil Runco, brightestyoungthings.com. June 12, 2012.

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• You can go to any small town in America, there's going to be a metal fan there. You can't say that about post-rock.

  David Pajo

  Metal Fans, America, Towns

  "Dead Child". Interview with Pitchfork, pitchfork.com. April 22, 2008.

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• I still remember discovering the classic rock station when I was in high school and being totally blown away by it.

  Stephanie D'Abruzzo

  School, Classic, Remember

  Source: www.broadwayworld.com

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• I didn't grow up with indie rock - I mean, I listened to bands that are considered indie rock, but I think that term is dead and uninteresting.

  Justin Vernon

  Growing Up, Mean, Thinking

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• Indie rock is just as susceptible - if not more susceptible - to all the gross things about people becoming total ass clowns in music, and only worrying about money and image. I'm not interested in being a part of that.

  Justin Vernon

  Indie Rock, People, Worry

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• I'm just a sucker for new-agey synth sounds and instrumentation. I wasn't really thinking of soft rock, but I know that kind of quiet-storm format uses a lot of these sounds.

  Dan Bejar

  Thinking, Storm, Sound

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• I love the dynamic contrast between the spontaneous shots and the more formal, pro-rock-star photos.

  Bruce Pavitt

  Stars, Spontaneous, Rock Star

  "Experiencing Nirvana". Interview with Jenn Pelly, pitchfork.com. February 12, 2014.

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• Maybe one day I'll write my rock album so I can use more obscure references and just be weird. If the lyrics are too crazy, though, then it's not pop anymore.

  Chaz Bundick

  Crazy, Writing, One Day

  "Toro Y Moi". Interview with Larry Fitzmaurice, pitchfork.com. January 18, 2013.

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• I am far from an "old" person in human terms, however I've spent over half my life immersed in the punk rock and hardcore community. I am not wholly defined by that as a person, but it is something that has been part of me for a long time.

  Jacob Bannon

  Long, Community, Half

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• My priorities now a a musician are so different now than they were as a kid. Everyone wants to be a rock star, and I wanted that too; I wanted to be on magazines and be running around the world and having all the fun.

  Blake Judd

  Running, Stars, Fun

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• I was always concerned with making cool-sounding rock records.

  A.C. Newman

  Records, Concerned

  Source: pitchfork.com

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

  Cass McCombs

  People, Working Together, Rock N Roll

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• I need punk rock. It's the medicine for me, but it's bitter and sickening. If you don't need it - if you're happy and healthy - run toward that.

  Bradford Cox

  Running, Medicine, Healthy

  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, Rock N Roll, Pops

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• I like whatever's good. Metal, rock, new or old - I don't care, as long as it does something to my brain.

  Chris Reifert

  Long, Brain, Doe

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• I want people who are going to rock out for the duration.

  Torae

  People, Want, Duration

  Source: respect-mag.com

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• Now that the generation that grew up on '80s indie-rock has attained influential positions in the culture, that music is the new yardstick. And that will shift yet again some day.

  Michael Azerrad

  Indie Rock, Generations, Culture

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• With a four-string, the middle range is less of an option. That kind of 5th that you play on those A and D strings isn't there. So a lot of traditional rock sounds, you can't play them. But to be honest, there was no particular intention when I started playing with four strings. It just worked out that way and it sounded cool.

  Bill Orcutt

  Play, Four, Way

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• When you're a touring musician, you're always turning over new rocks and there's always a certain level of tension in your life.

  Mark Kozelek

  Musician, Levels, Touring

  Interview with Laura Snapes, pitchfork.com. May 23, 2012.

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• My father is a massive, massive music fan. I grew up listening to rock, soul and jazz.

  Kieran Hebden

  Father, Soul, Listening

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• Like the song "Stereo", to me that's like, kind of hip-hop in that slacker way. There's some slackerisms mixed in with that stuff, but it wasn't really conscious, I guess. When things would get more typical rock'n'roll that was my fallback to go to those kind of lyrics instead of the alternatives.

  Stephen Malkmus

  Song, Hip Hop, Stuff

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• I was never ready to give up, but I did get words of confidence to move forward from a few musicians that had climbed up the totem pole of rock. They were encouraging words that struck a nerve with me and made me stronger.

  Lita Ford

  Giving Up, Moving, Encouraging Words

  "The Runaways Rocker Lita Ford on "Living Like a Runaway". Interview with Jeff Doles, www.hollywoodchicago.com. March 10, 2016.

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