Best 95 quotes in «rock n roll quotes» category

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.

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

All rock n roll is homosexual.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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 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 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 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.

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

I think performers are all show-offs anyway, especially musicians. Unless you show off, you're not going to get noticed.

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

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.

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

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

I wasn't a rock 'n' roll girl. I said, Neil Young, Neil Young, where do I know that name from?

Jazz isn't dead. It just smells funny.

Liverpool was an industrial town, a poor town. The people fought hard for what they wanted to achieve and there was a hunger there, and that hunger has remained with the musicians.

Michael Anthony is the Diplomat of Rock N Roll. He is the regular guy.