Rocks Quotes - Page 25

• There was a moment when Prince did rock & roll with a sponge-y seductive sound. I think that's what was in our head for 'Get On Your Boots.' But actually, the song is much more punk rock.

  Bono

  Song, Thinking, Seductive

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• I came into this whole business by going to see Rock Against Racism gigs with the Clash.

  Billy Bragg

  Racism, Racist, Gigs

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• I like Chris Rock. He's dangerous.

  Mel Brooks

  Dangerous

  "'I do bad taste with intelligence'". Interview with Rachel Cooke, www.theguardian.com. December 17, 2005.

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• Rock Band is more like Stairmaster than it is like rock 'n' roll - it's the same steps with different degrees of difficulty.

  Carrie Brownstein

  Degrees, Different, Band

  "Rock Band vs. Real Band". www.slate.com. November 27, 2007.

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• The game Rock Band has been haunting me like a bad ring tone. It gets stuck in my head and momentarily effaces all that I love about music.

  Carrie Brownstein

  Games, Band, Haunting

  "Rock Band vs. Real Band". www.slate.com. November 27, 2007.

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• When I was young, I wanted to do something more low-key, like become a drummer in a rock band.

  Brooke Burke

  Keys, Band, Drummer

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• I wanted to make an image for myself as an outlaw type. A kind of rock 'n' roll sensibility.

  Nicolas Cage

  Rock N Roll, Kind, Outlaw

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• It's a terrible thing to go through life thinking that you have a rock on your side when you haven't.

  Maria Callas

  Thinking, Your Side, Sides

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• I have faith in God and not that we have evolved from a rock, not from worshiping the environment or endangered bugs.

  Kirk Cameron

  Have Faith, Bugs, Faith In God

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• If Mozart were around now he would write a killer rock song.

  Vanessa Carlton

  Song, Writing, Killers

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

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• In general I was a good kid. It usually took a lot to make me mad. But once I reached the boiling point, I lost all rational control. Totally without thinking, when my anger was aroused, I grabbed the nearest brick, rock, or stick to bash someone. It was as if I had no conscious will in the matter.

  Benjamin Carson

  Kids, Thinking, Mad

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• When I was 6 years old, I was in a rock band that was horrible called 'Dead End.' The name kind of described us. People liked us; we would go and perform at coffee houses and stuff.

  Aaron Carter

  Coffee, Swag, Names

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• It's no surprise that the Bush administration's bullying swagger and blithe ignorance have caused much of the Muslim world to hold the U.S. in rock-bottom regard.

  Graydon Carter

  Bullying, Ignorance, Swagger

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• The rock star is dying. And it's a small tragedy. Rock stars have blogs now. I have no use for that kind of rock star.

  Nick Cave

  Stars, Tragedy, Dying

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• A rock musician's career is short-lived. To extend it, you need to do other things to keep yourself fresh.

  Nick Cave

  Careers, Musician, Needs

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• I lost my innocence with Johnny Cash. I used to watch the Johnny Cash Show on television in Wangaratta when I was about 9 or 10 years old. At that stage I had really no idea about rock'n'roll. I watched him and from that point I saw that music could be an evil thing, a beautiful, evil thing.

  Nick Cave

  Beautiful, Years, Ideas

  "I saw music could be a beautiful, evil thing, while my parents shifted uncomfortably" by Nick Cave, www.theguardian.com. September 12, 2003.

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• The songs that I like are the ones that you can't visualize, that are just cries from the heart - those very straight, direct songs that make rock & roll music so wonderful.

  Nick Cave

  Song, Heart, Cry

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• I like to rock and roll, but I'm a mushy guy, too. I want to be the guy that all the girls love and all the guys want to hang out with.

  Kenny Chesney

  Girl, Rock And Roll, Guy

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• I put on the Hank Williams and the Patsy Cline and the Rosemary Clooney on vinyl - I'm not trying to be some cool indie-rock person, I just love the way it sounds - and throw on a T-shirt and jeans. In Texas, we practically come out of the womb in jeans.

  Kelly Clarkson

  Jeans, Indie Rock, Texas

  "Kelly Clarkson Covers Lucky Magazine August 2012, Talks Bandage Dresses". Lucky Magazine Interview, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 03, 2012.

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• I think one thing you could probably say for all my albums is that they're all pretty eclectic pop. There's always a little bit of urban influence, some dance, a little bit of country, singer-songwriter, pop-rock. I like everything! On every album you can find that.

  Kelly Clarkson

  Inspirational, Dance, Country

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• I don't think rock 'n roll is necessarily a young man's game. I think Neil Young is just as rock'n'roll now as he was in his 20s. I'd like to think we can still be edgy and challenging.

  Adam Clayton

  Men, Thinking, Games

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

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• I take my job as a rock and roll sax player very seriously. To do it the way that I must do it, I must be in good condition. The better shape you're in, the harder you can rock.

  Clarence Clemons

  Jobs, Player, Rock And Roll

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• Looking back on the production of 'Nevermind,' I'm embarrassed by it now.' It's closer to a Motley Crue record than it is a punk rock record.

  Kurt Cobain

  Records, Punk, Embarrassed

  "The Nevermind You've Never Heard" by Seth Colter Walls, www.slate.com. September 27, 2011.

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• Ever since the beginning of rock and roll, there's been an Axl Rose. And it's just boring. It's totally boring to me.

  Kurt Cobain

  Rock And Roll, Rose, Boring

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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, World, Mail

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

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