Rocks Quotes - Page 9

• I've been recording myself since grade 10. Back then, it was just really crappy rock stuff.

  Ryan Hemsworth

  Stuff, Grades

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• If you're not smart enough to know what Fidel meant during the Cuban revolution, that - when they were on the Granma - Fidel was already a rock star in Cuba, and how important that was to the indigenous population, then you're not paying attention.

  Steven Soderbergh

  Stars, Smart, Important

  Source: therumpus.net

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• Blackbeard was larger than life. He was 6'4" in 1710. He was a colossus, and like a rock star walking into a bar. He was a tremendous commander, a great leader.

  Ray Stevenson

  Stars, Leader, Bars

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• I'm not a precious text protector, or anything like that, you know, because it's a much more vital form than that. You have to rock.

  William Monahan

  Form, Knows, Protector

  Source: collider.com

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• Being in a rock band for 20 years is not the best resume for anything else.

  Walter Martin

  Years, Band, Resumes

  "Back to School with Walter Martin". Interview with Matt Berninger, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 1, 2016.

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• It's absolutely fine when Wile E. Coyote walks in with a band-aid on his head, after a 3,000-pound rock is dropped on him. That is what Ed Wood meant by the suspension of disbelief.

  Johnny Depp

  Coyotes, Band, Woods

  "Johnny Depp on His Varied Career, Jack Sparrow, and “Torturing” Leonardo DiCaprio". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 6, 2016.

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• I started playing the acoustic guitar for more singer-songwriter type stuff. I bet if I would have gotten more approval for my "rock playing", I might be a world class shredder.

  Jill Sobule

  Guitar, Class, World

  Source: therumpus.net

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• People tell me I'm in a genre kind of movie, but it never crossed my mind that The Matrix was genre. To me it was about, for me anyway, my character, I had this rock outside my door which said "faith" or "believe" or something, and I remember felt like that was my key into her, into Trinity. It was like she was the heart of it.

  Carrie-Anne Moss

  Believe, Character, Heart

  Source: collider.com

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• If I'm boxing, I'll probably have rap on, or something a little more angry. If I'm lifting, maybe some rock 'n' roll. If I'm doing some cardio, something fast paced.

  Steven R. McQueen

  Rap, Boxing, Littles

  Source: www.justjared.com

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• I think you can realise that a lot of people in bands - well - I guess you kinda wanna... There's a lot less mystique in playing in a rock band today, than in the 60's or 70's. I don't think there's any bands that I can think of, that have this rock god myth that like Led Zeppelin had.

  Chris Baio

  Thinking, People, Band

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• What most interests me is human connection, whether it's on the street, in
  community, through music, storytelling, and shared experience. People tell me to be a rock cellist, make money, and give up on the activism so I can make more money.

  Ben Sollee

  Giving Up, People, Community

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• It's true that laptop performances can be boring for the audience. The problem is, the organizers of events are still putting us on the classic "rock stage," instead of trying to find new ways to present the music.

  Christian Fennesz

  Trying, Events, Laptops

  Interview with Mark Richardson, pitchfork.com. March 1, 2002.

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• Pledge Allegiance was a pretty generic name back in the day. In the 80's I was the promoter for all the punk rock shows and I'd book Black Flag, Dead Kennedy's, Minor Threat etc and I'd hook them up with places to stay if needed so it's hard to keep track of it all.

  Reed Mullin

  Book, Names, Generic Name

  Source: theindiespiritualist.com

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• Glitter is cool because that's like glam rock, but rhinestones need to die out.

  Kemp Muhl

  Glam Rock, Needs, Glitter

  Source: www.gq-magazine.co.uk

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• I got to be about 13 and everyone started playing guitars and being in rock bands. There was no place for me with my trumpet and I wasn't cool anymore. Although now if I played the trumpet it would be the coolest thing in the world.

  Douglas Booth

  Guitar, Would Be, Band

  Source: www.justjared.com

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• Miyazaki's films in Japan are bigger than Titanic. He's an incredible rock star there. In the US, they don't do as well.

  Henry Selick

  Stars, Japan, Film

  "Director Henry Selick Comic-Con Interview – Talks CORALINE and Next Project". Collider Interview, collider.com. July 25, 2009.

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• I mean, growing up in New Orleans when you're in seventh and eighth grade and you're into music and you're a dorky dude, you know, you listen to the entire Rush catalog and the entire Zeppelin catalog and you go through these, like, phases of classic rock. It definitely speaks to our dorkiness and the similar hometown that we grew up in, the similar sort of schooling we went through and friends we had.

  Steve Zissis

  Growing Up, Mean, New Orleans

  "Amanda Peet and Steve Zissis discuss what the second season holds for Togetherness". Interview with Gwen Ihnat, tv.avclub.com. February 21, 2016.

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• For performances I have my favorite go to's like Prince, Donna Summer, Vanity 6, Sheila E, but it also depends on the type of show I am giving. I could pull references from Broadway musicals, Rock Steady Crew, a Jamaican dancehall or gentlemen's club, etc. all within one show. It truly is a playground with no restrictions for me.

  Mya

  Summer, Vanity, Giving

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• I have to say that Dave's Grohl amazing too. You see all these interviews with him and he seems like the coolest and nicest guy on camera, but he really is when he's off too! I was fortunate enough to know him before he was a big rock star when I put out his very first band's album.

  Reed Mullin

  Stars, Guy, Cameras

  Source: theindiespiritualist.com

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• Karl Agell sang for our Blind album which was our second best selling record. He's a great guy and as a matter of fact, before Mike, Woody and I really got going on touring on the old Animosity stuff, Karl & I did about a dozen shows performing the Blind album from start to finish. He's still a good friend of mine and is now in a band called Lead Foot that's more Rock and Roll but they're fantastic, kind of Thin Lizzy or MC5 sounding.

  Reed Mullin

  Good Friend, Rock And Roll, Feet

  Source: theindiespiritualist.com

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• As a child there was no place for adventure or experimentation. I guess that kind of freedom started in high school with punk rock. That's what enlightened me to not being afraid to express myself.

  Mark McNairy

  Children, School, Adventure

  Source: wwd.com

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• I liked rock music going back to the '60s, but I never ever had any desire to be a rock musician and when I started doing a band it was experimental music.

  Glenn Branca

  Desire, Musician, Band

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• I'm sorry, to boycott the Academy Awards is a slap in Chris Rock's face. To host is such a prestigious honor. To boycott it is not the issue. I think it does a disservice to all the African Americans that have worked so hard this year that will be attending and looking at this as an opportunity of a lifetime. I think it's a slap in the face. I understand the sentiment, but I don't appreciate the tactic.

  Eva Marcille

  Sorry, Opportunity, Thinking

  Source: www.ebony.com

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• As much as I make my music for me, I make it for the people who rock with me and follow me. They're the inspiration behind it.

  Torae

  Inspiration, People, Follow Me

  Source: respect-mag.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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