Rolling Stones Quotes - Page 3

• With the groups who asked me to join them - like the Rolling Stones, Spirit, David Bowie, and Blood, Sweat & Tears - I said no right away because I was way too much into my own thing.

  Shuggie Otis

  Blood, Sweat, Tears

  "1970s R&B Man Shuggie Otis Is Ready for His 'Sneak Back'". Interview with Jacob Blickenstaff, www.motherjones.com. January 21, 2013.

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• The Rolling Stones are violence. Their music penetrates the raw nerve endings of their listeners and finds its way into the groove marked 'release of frustration.'

  Jon Landau

  Frustration, Rolling, Nerves

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• General McChrystal had to go. Whatever his virtues as a strategist and commander, the 'Rolling Stone' interview fatally compromised his ability to represent the United States in dealing with allies and to act within the circle of people who must make decisions in Afghanistan.

  Jim Talent

  Circles, People, Decision

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• I know Mick Jagger wouldn’t tour without Keith Richards and call it the Rolling Stones.

  Richie Sambora

  Rolling, Keith, Stones

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• Yeah, yeah, I've been Beatled, I've been Rolling Stoned.

  Sammy Hagar

  Rolling, Yeah

  Song: Keep On Rockin'

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• I'm with Milton and the Rolling Stones: I don't find the Devil an unsympathetic character. But in any case, my fiction is populated as much by people who do good as it is by those who do bad. I'm interested in imaginatively accommodating as much of the human as possible, for which you need both moral extremes and everything in between.

  Glen Duncan

  Character, People, Devil

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• I think it's really cool that there are people like Adele on the cover of 'Vogue' and 'Rolling Stone,' and like I think it's really important that people are talking about your body, because if they don't, then you'll never be able to break that barrier.

  Beth Ditto

  Thinking, Talking, People

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• Rock & roll mostly is a very butch thing, and it appeals to one hard side of the masculine character. But I don't think the Rolling Stones are only a rock band. They can be other things. They can be very feminine.

  Mick Jagger

  Character, Thinking, Rocks

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• I measure success in terms of the connection with the audience, which we've been able to do in spades. I mean, it's very hard to do that. You think about it, you go back in time, you can say, "Well, there's, like, 'Saturday Night Live' and 'Rolling Stone' or MTV." I think 'Vice' is in that category now.

  Tom Freston

  Mean, Night, Thinking

  "Vice's Shane Smith and Tom Freston on Sending Dennis Rodman to North Korea for HBO". Interview with Eriq Gardner, www.hollywoodreporter.com. April 12, 2013.

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• I'm not into that Keith Richard trip of having all those guitars in different tunings. I never liked the Rolling Stones much anyway.

  Ritchie Blackmore

  Journey, Guitar, Rolling

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• Every now and then, I have blissful moments of thanking God for all the amazing things that are happening. When I leave the White House after just meeting Obama or when I see my face on the cover of 'Rolling Stone' or when I meet someone who tells me that their daughter is inspired by me, those are moments that are incredibly joyful.

  Lea Michele

  Daughter, Mother, White

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• If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use both feet.

  Keith Richards

  Feet, Teeth, Use

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• [joking about the length of the Rolling Stones' career] You have the sun, you have the moon, you have the air that you breathe - and you have the Rolling Stones!

  Keith Richards

  Moon, Air, Rolling

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

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• I am a child of the '70s, so I love classic rock - Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Van Morrison, and I also love Coldplay.

  Rachel Zoe

  Children, Rocks, Rolling

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• I believe that the Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin are two of the greatest rock bands ever!

  Jesse Ventura

  Believe, Rocks, Two

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• There's a lot of bands that get to a certain level, and it just stops. They scrap it. Compare this to, say, The Rolling Stones or The Who, where they just continued on forever and are still playing, or they quit after 20 years.

  Eddie Vedder

  Years, Forever, Levels

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• The only band that we have never played with but have always wanted to is the Rolling Stones.

  Lars Ulrich

  Rolling, Band, Stones

  "Metallica Opening For Rolling Stones In San Francisco" by Gil Kaufman, www.mtv.com. August 03, 2005.

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• Bob Dylan did the first really long record - Like A Rolling Stone - I think it was four minutes.

  Pete Townshend

  Thinking, Long, Rolling

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• Revenge... is like a rolling stone, which, when a man hath forced up a hill, will return upon him with a greater violence, and break those bones whose sinews gave it motion.

  Jeremy Taylor

  Break Up, Revenge, Men

  Jeremy Taylor (1834). “The Beauties of J. Taylor: Selected from His Works with an Essay on His Life and Writings”, p.45

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• I don't mind critics. I mean, I wrote for Rolling Stone for a hot minute. I like criticism. I enjoy criticism. The thing I don't like is cruelty for cruelty's sake. You don't have to be a jerk to say something negative. You can say something in the negative sense and have class.

  Patrick Stump

  Mean, Class, Mind

  Interview with Marah Eakin, www.avclub.com. August 9, 2011.

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• When punk came along, I found my generation's music. I grew up listening to the Beatles and the Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd, 'cause that was what got played in the house. But when I first saw the Stranglers, I thought, 'This is it.'

  Robert Smith

  House, Listening, Rolling

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• The very first concert I ever went to on my own was actually Rory Gallagher. In a one-month period in 1973 or '74, I saw him, Thin Lizzy and the Rolling Stones. I wasn't really a big Rory Gallagher fan, but I thought his guitar playing was fabulous. But Thin Lizzy, they were fabulous.

  Robert Smith

  Guitar, Fans, Rolling

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• I've built my whole life around loving music. I'm a writer for 'Rolling Stone,' so I am constantly searching for new bands and soaking up new sounds.

  Rob Sheffield

  Sound, Rolling, Band

  Rob Sheffield (2010). “Talking to Girls About Duran Duran: One Young Man's Quest for True Love and a Cooler Haircut”, p.11, Penguin

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• I've grown up with my parents' music tastes, listening to Fleetwood Mac and the Rolling Stones.

  Saoirse Ronan

  Parent, Listening, Rolling

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• I achieved everything I wanted to achieve by being in the Rolling Stones and making records.

  Keith Richards

  Rolling, Records, Stones

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