Rock Quotes

Thank you for the music, Sleater-Kinney. This gang of three was the best American punk rock band ever. Ever.

Lord please save his soul, he was the king of rock and roll.

Everyone likes at least one Elvis song....Me, I love them all. He was, is and will remain the ultimate rock star.

I was never that big a rock-and-roll, rock guy. I really preferred jazz, you know, that kind of thing.

I was 12 in '55 when rock and roll hit. It just completely transformed me.

If you want to do rock and roll, forget about those who've come after '65.

Find myself a rock and roll band, that needs a helping hand.

Don't have much, but what I've got is yours, except of course my steel guitar.

I do live like a rock star, but it's not as great as it sounds. It's a lot of traveling.

Wherever there are rock n rollers, well play. Thats what weve been doing for more than 30 years - rock n roll. Its made me everything from an honorary mayor to honorary member of a motorcycle gang.

I remember Mitch Miller saying every week, This rock and roll stuff will never last. But one doesn't like to bring that up to Mitch.

Rock n' roll was a kid when I was a kid.

I began with dance, doing ballet at 3, then tap, jazz, modern. Then I sang in church choirs, learned how to play clarinet and drums, sang with rock bands and only then did I get into musical theatre.

I grew up singing professionally since I was 7 years old and so to get to play a character who's living out their Rock star dreams as JEM was pretty much epic.

I was really wanting to be a rock star. I was saying, "I am going to have a fancy car, I got to have fancy clothes, and I have got to play the whole role." Obviously, I meant business.

Get some sleep and dream of rock and roll.

They should've built a city on rock and roll.

The Lynburns built this town on their blood and bones." "That was their first mistake," Jared said. "They should've built a city on rock and roll.

Punk rock meditation, that's what keeps it going. That's how I let go, you know. It's exactly what I do, I blast it and run around crazy banging my head on the wall.

A lot of [my] songs have a sexuality to them, a vibe to them. ... I call it sexy rock and roll.

You may not know it yet, but Samantha Martin is a rock star, she'll tear your heart out one note at a time.

I actually just rock-climbed when I was away on vacation and now I'm searching out rock climbing gyms. That's my new obsession for 2013.

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

Only in rock music and the literary world you see so many ugly white guys with beautiful women. That says a lot about the women, their character. They're attracted to more than surface.

There's a lot of integrity with musicians; you really still aspire to grow, and be great, to be the best version of yourself you can be.

If you're going to change things, one of the things we had to change is to get away from that traditional model of rock music, and we were a part of that.

Punk [rock] seemed like rock 'n' roll music utterly without the music.

Every 15, 20, 25 years, a new rock and roll record needs to come out and a new rock and roll band needs to come out.

Rock 'n' roll is sexuality personified.

The first rule of rock and roll is it's all about live. Then you have to learn a second craft, which is making records. It should go in that order.

Rock music had become my religion. Radio my church. And these DJs my priests, rabbis and gurus.

Rock and roll mainly but I can play passable jazz also.

I want to sympathize, I do, but the love triangle is just too delicious. The determined rock star and the possessive billionaire. Rawr.

I don't wanna be a rock star. I don't believe in rock stars. If you really examine what goes with being a rock star, I've avoided that really well.

I heard guys say they got into rock and roll to pick up women. I didn't get into rock to pick up women, but I sure adapted.

So lots of respect for all you boys and girls out there who tab out songs like all the time. You bring rock and roll music closer to the people. Gratefully yours

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

In my research, all roads led back to Oscar. It's definitely in a way trying to understand the truly English element to glam-rock. It really does not come from American culture.

I don't want to work, I want to bang on the drum all day.

I'm not going to be the rock star of the far right and frankly on the rock star of the far left.

Tonight, it's the rock and roll all night and party every day hall of fame.

Every verse a diamond, every chorus gold, the sound was my salvation. It was only everything, before money became king.

There was no use pretending, no magic left to hear, all the music gave me was a craving for lite beer.

In indie rock, there's the phenomenon of: "Oh, this guy seems totally normal, but he's actually crazy." There's more of that out there than you'd think.

I like pop music. I consider rock 'n' roll to be a branch of pop music.

If it weren't for rock'n'roll, I wouldn't be a designer

There's Tommy, Tommy Lee the rock star, and Tommy the dad. I'm wearing several hats these days.

Every so often, I feel I should graduate to classical music, properly. But the truth is, I'm more likely to listen to rock music.

I have always loved rock music. But I have played country music since my senior year in high school. That's where my heart is. I try to keep up with the rock world as much as I can.

It seems like I have more in common - or hit it off better - with rappers than fools that are in rock music. It was always natural for me.