Best 95 quotes in «rock n roll quotes» category

The primary math of the real world is one and one equals two. The layman (as, often, do I) swings that every day. He goes to the job, does his work, pays his bills and comes home. One plus one equals two. It keeps the world spinning. But artists, musicians, con men, poets, mystics and such are paid to turn that math on its head, to rub two sticks together and bring forth fire. Everybody performs this alchemy somewhere in their life, but it’s hard to hold on to and easy to forget. People don’t come to rock shows to learn something. They come to be reminded of something they already know and feel deep down in their gut. That when the world is at its best, when we are at our best, when life feels fullest, one and one equals three. It’s the essential equation of love, art, rock ’n’ roll and rock ’n’ roll bands. It’s the reason the universe will never be fully comprehensible, love will continue to be ecstatic, confounding, and true rock ’n’ roll will never die.

Tell me sir if you will, where in the Bible does it state that it’s ok to judge others based purely on assumption? Can you see now who is the lesser evil between the two?

All rock n roll is homosexual.

After 50, the rock 'n' roll road is a little absurd. It's very difficult to play these little places. You're out there on a rickety old bus with no place to shower.

Where's the sun? Sometimes I never see the sun.

A lot of kids bought guitars and started playing rock'n'roll because of us.

Anyone who tells you they got into rock'n'roll for reasons other than girls, fame and money is full of s***.

Anyone who says rock 'n' roll is a passing fad or a flash-in-the-pan trend along the music road has rocks in the head.

Back in my day, we called it rock 'n' roll, but then we always reminded listeners that it was no big deal if they didn't like it.

Any time you play your horn, it helps you. If you get down, you can help yourself even in a rock 'n' roll band.

A lot of pop music is about stealing pocket money from children.

Being in a rock n' roll and pop world, it's very easy to act like a kid.

Deep Purple is a damn good band and we've made a niche in rock 'n' roll history. Maybe not a huge one but enough to be very proud of.

But I'm a rock 'n' roll singer; that's my livelihood, my occupation.

Classical musicians go to the conservatories, rock´n roll musicians go to the garages.

Everyone in rock 'n roll including myself was touched by Elvis's spirit, I was, and always will be a fan.

I always wanted to be a rock'n'roll star.

Deplorable, a rancid smelling aphrodisiac . . . it fosters almost totally negative and destructive reactions in young people.

I don't have a computer. I am the Luddite of rock'n'roll, I don't have a portable phone. I write things down.

I am like the little rock n' roll backseat driver.

I don't make music for eyes. I make music for ears.

I don't really get the same kinda romance that I would get from, like, jazz. And even to a lesser extent to rock 'n roll. Rock 'n roll has a romance to it - how can I put it? A very vulgar romance, but still a romance; whereas hip hop has more facade.

I don't really remember a whole lot of sex, drugs and rock n' roll, really.

I don't set trends. I just find out what they are and exploit them.

I come in with this rock 'n' roll-oriented music, and it's not black enough . . . I've always had to deal with this black-white thing.

Detroit was kind of a random thing where it was like a chance to be in a rock 'n' roll movie.

I had no kind of work ethic and I always felt that music - especially rock 'n' roll - was a more for boys.

If it's illegal to rock and roll, throw my ass in jail!

I immersed myself in books and rock 'n' roll, the adolescent salvation.

If you don't own the stage, you shouldn't be in rock n' roll.

I'm fifty-six years old - I'm as old as rock 'n roll.

I'm not God but if I were God, ¾ of you would be girls, and the rest would be pizza and beer.

I never said I was the King Of Rock'n' Roll. I said simply that I'm the best

I grew up in the 1950s at the beginning of rock n' roll, and would strum a tennis racket in front of the mirror.

I like narrative storytelling as being part of a tradition, a folk tradition.

I'll do a cappella stuff, rock 'n' roll and swing stuff.

I love to rock 'n roll. But my finest suit, of all the things I do, is as a songwriter.

I'm inspired by the words: 'electrifying', 'epic', 'minimalistic', 'transcendent', 'timeless' and 'rock n' roll.'

I'm mostly a jazz fan and I've never really been into rock 'n' roll music — although I guess Coldplay isn't really rock 'n' roll — but he's made me a convert. I do go to their concerts whenever we're in the same town and I don't even have to wear earplugs any more, which I did in the beginning.

I'm not really this rock'n'roll chick.

I'm ready for some rock 'n' roll action.

I'm the Connie Francis of rock 'n' roll.

I think I gravitate towards rock 'n' roll as a playground where I can say anything.

It don't spit or swear or sleep around. I've always maintained I'm the most radical rock'n'roll singer Britain has ever seen.

It's the same thing as a primitive of Africans, Indians, nomads or whatever - when they start getting up and doing their ritual and doing the dance, it's just what's coming through. It's the spirit. Rock 'n' roll is still primitive.

I start a lot more songs than I finish, because I realize when I get into them, they're no good. I don't throw them away, I just put them away, store them, get them out of sight.

It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ’n’ Roll)

It turns out a lot of people don't get it. Wikipedia is like rock'n'roll; it's a cultural shift.

Jazz isn't dead. It just smells funny.

I wanted to be a rock 'n' roll star. It defines life for me. It's all I've ever imagined for myself.