Best 95 quotes in «rock n roll quotes» category

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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.

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

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.

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

Most of the people who are given these Rock'n'roll Hall of Fame things sell millions of records, so it's kind of like a trophy for them.

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?

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.

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.

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

Music is the soundtrack of your life.

My primary influences were the best jazz players from the 50's and 60's and later some of the pop people from the same time period along with the better of the well-known blues musicians.

Music that boldly and aggressively laid out what the singer wanted, loved, hated — as good rock ’n’ roll did — challenged me to do the same, and so, even when the content was antiwoman, antisexual, in a sense anti­human, the form encouraged my struggle for liberation.

Music was a way of rebelling against the whole rah-rah high school thing.

My songwriting and my style became more complex as I listened, learned, borrowed and stole and put my music together.

Nevertheless the passions, whether violent or not, should never be so expressed as to reach the point of causing disgust; and music, even in situations of the greatest horror, should never be painful to the ear but should flatter and charm it, and thereby always remain music.

Playing live is a lot of fun. You get one shot, ... But at the end of the day, it's all rock 'n' roll.

People say that rock 'n' roll is dead, and I am making it my mission to resurrect it. I have rock 'n' roll pumping through my veins.

Rock 'n' roll is about music. Music. Music. Music. It's not about you, it's not about me, it's not about Oasis. It's about the tunes.

Rock 'n' roll is sexuality personified.

Rock 'n' roll is a participatory sport. It ain't passive. It ain't TV. Go out there and rock 'n' roll and dance and have fun.

Rock n' roll is very special to me. It's my lifeblood.

Rock n' roll is dream soup, what's your brand?

Rock'n'roll to me is a rebellion against the sterile pedestal culture of movies.

The Beatles never sounded intimidated by their idols. They never interpreted old rock; they simply played it as well and as joyfully as they knew how. On 'Rock 'n' Roll,' John Lennon does nothing but interpret old rock.

Survivor is like rock 'n' roll - you can do what you want.

That's what Tina Turner did, too - sang blues up-tempo - and they called it rock 'n' roll.

The amazing thing about Freak Out! was that there was nothing quite like it in rock 'n roll at the time. It was really simultaneously crude and ugly, and incredibly sophisticated. The Beatles were funny, but there was nothing with the kind of sneer that you could feel in the music of Frank Zappa.

The release of 'Chinese Democracy' marks a historic moment in rock n' roll.

The Clash were a major influence on my own music. They were the best rock 'n' roll band. Thanks, Joe.

The music's rehearsed a lot. All people think about is, they think, in rock 'n' roll, they get the music off right and they think it's okay standing, looking macho. Well, it's not. That's boring. If you want to be a performer you've got to do a lot more work than that.

The only art I'll ever study is stuff I can steal from.

When I started covering The Beatles and The Rolling Stones in a rock 'n' roll band, it helped me realize that my natural voice is actually really high. It helped me find my voice.