Rocks Quotes - Page 29

• Why there aren't people out there willing to have fun playing rock 'n' roll. I just don't get it.

  Joan Jett

  Fun, People, Rock N Roll

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• One of the mistakes I made was believing that the rock 'n' roll genre as a genre was much more free than the whole pop or R&B scene.

  Joan Jett

  Mistake, Believe, Rock N Roll

  "With her new album and L.A. acclaim, Former Runaway Joan Jett proves she never left". Interview with Evelyn McDonnell, articles.latimes.com. October 26, 2013.

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• I don't know if I miss it per se, but I do miss the fact that there just doesn't seem to be any rock 'n' roll out there anyplace. Everything does seem kind of tame. It's even hard in Manhattan to go out and find a good band to go see.

  Joan Jett

  Missing, Doe, Band

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• A lot of people ask me why I don't expand and explore other musical areas, but I like the plain three- and four-chord rock-and-roll that I call the the semi-blues.

  Joan Jett

  Rock And Roll, People, Musical

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• I wrote the song 'Angels Standing By'... to try and soothe myself - rock myself to sleep, basically - because I was so scared and stressed.

  Jewel

  Song, Sleep, Angel

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• To drive a car in rural America is freedom. Before I had a car, I'd never seen a rock and roll show, I'd never seen a comic or a show.

  Penn Jillette

  Rock And Roll, America, Car

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

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• I'm a big fan of gospel music, and you cannot be a fan of rock and roll, you cannot be a fan of country western music, and you can't really be a fan of jazz without listening to a lot of music that's religious.

  Penn Jillette

  Country, Religious, Rock And Roll

  "Magician Penn Jillette Says 'God, No!' To Religion". "Talk of the Nation" with Neal Conan, www.npr.org. August 16, 2011.

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• From 1985 to 1994, I lived in Manhattan in a big old loft right off Times Square. I could walk to work, which was in a couple of Broadway theaters, to Howard Stern's studio, and to 30 Rock for 'Letterman' and 'SNL.' Even in New York, walking to work is homey and folksy, like living in a small town.

  Penn Jillette

  New York, Couple, Squares

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

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• I do like my rock stars to be a little larger than life. I don't mind the earnest ones at all, but I do like a bit of individuality.

  Elton John

  Stars, Individuality, Mind

  "A star is reborn". Interview with Amy Raphael, www.theguardian.com. September 19, 2004.

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• When Little Richard used to stand up and play it was just fabulous, and Liberace had the candlesticks and the rings and the gift of the gab. The piano's is the most ungainly rock' n' roll instrument of all time but those two people transcended it, as did Jerry Lee Lewis.

  Elton John

  Play, Two, Piano

  "When Elton met Jake". Interview with Jake Shears, www.theguardian.com. 12 November, 2006.

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• I have never had a social life, don't ever want one because it's boring. I'm just not very good with people, and you meet people every night who expect you to be this rock star with these developed social skills, which I don't have.

  Daniel Johns

  Stars, Night, Skills

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

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• I'm a big fan of '30 Rock,' which I think is the most genius show on television.

  Anna Kendrick

  Thinking, Fans, Genius

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• I think there are rock stars within every subgenre, and for people who are obsessed with musical theater Sutton Foster and Audra MacDonald are like Beyonce to them. I'm sure the a cappella world has their own version of that, and that exists in every geeky subculture.

  Anna Kendrick

  Stars, Thinking, People

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• I do think I have a rebellious, metal-loving rock chick inside of me.

  Kesha

  Thinking, Rebellious, Chicks

  "Ke$ha: 'You don't tell Alice Cooper what to do'". Interview with Paul Lester, www.theguardian.com. October 6, 2011.

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• I like a lot of old-school R&B, soul, and classic rock.

  Wiz Khalifa

  School, Soul, Classic

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• We did that with people like Chris Rock, Woody Harrelson, and the environmentalist Julia Butterfly Hill.

  Anthony Kiedis

  Butterfly, People, Hills

  "Anthony Kiedis: Still Red Hot After All These Years". Interview with Dimitri Ehrlich, December 2000.

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• I never really thought in terms of the concept of being a rock star - being around people like that just seemed like normal day-in-the-life stuff to me. Those were just the surroundings I grew up in.

  Anthony Kiedis

  Stars, People, Stuff

  Interview With Dimitri Ehrlich, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 24, 2011.

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• It was great to be the rock comic, the shock comic. But after you've played Giants Stadium with Bon Jovi in front of 82,000 people, after you've done the 'Wild Thing' video with Jessica Hahn and every rock band from hell, you're not gonna top that.

  Sam Kinison

  People, Giants, Video

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• I discovered after going to music festivals that I am a rock fan. I love the guitars, the phrasing, and the abandon of rock fans.

  Beyonce Knowles

  Guitar, Fans, Festivals

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

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• People don't realize it, but no one lives that rock and roll life 24-7. They think it's hundreds of bottles of champagne flowing and private jets and money. But there's a lot of time when you're traveling - time to think, time to be lonely. Sometimes it gets to you.

  Lenny Kravitz

  Lonely, Thinking, Rock And Roll

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• What is Norah Jones' style? Is it just the albums that we've heard? She has a rock group where she plays guitar in, downtown in New York, so do we really know her style?

  Talib Kweli

  New York, Guitar, Play

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• I'm like a rock singer with one-night stands on the road.

  Karl Lagerfeld

  Night, Singers, One Night Stand

  "Karl Lagerfeld On His Hair, Women In Thongs & The Last Time He Cried". W Magazine Interview, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 25, 2011.

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• People want to talk about whether I have rock cred, whether I'm selling out, the theatricality, the gay stuff... Chill out! And just enjoy yourself.

  Adam Lambert

  Gay, People, Want

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• I think Lady Gaga is great and is changing pop music and bringing back a certain rock 'n' roll spirit, swagger to the game.

  Adam Lambert

  Thinking, Games, Swagger

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• For me, Jesus is my cleft in the rock. He is my safest friend, my safe totally loving accepting big brother.

  Anne Lamott

  Jesus, Brother, Safe

  "Like a puppy in a Christmas stocking". Interview with Susan Olasky, world.wng.org. September 20, 2003.

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