I was brought up on rock-'n'-roll. It was sort of funny because I couldn't get interested in anything else - I tried… — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
I was pretty shocked [having concert in the Madison Square Garden]. It could have gone either way. But I think it's the… — Vince Neil Copy Share Image
I don't think I understood guitar rock as well as I probably should have. I don't think I understood bands like Led… — Pete Wentz Copy Share Image
Without the Fender bass, there'd be no rock n' roll or no Motown. The electric guitar had been waiting 'round since 1939… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
From the age of 14, 13, I guess I wanted to be a rock 'n' roll star. And that was it. I… — Steven Van Zandt Copy Share Image
I start a lot more songs than I finish, because I realize when I get into them, they're no good. I don't… — Johnny Cash Copy Share Image
I saw my rock'n'roll past flash before my eyes. And I saw something else: I saw rock and roll future and its… — Jon Landau Copy Share Image
The best thing is to motivate people to do their own work. I'm not opposed to making money. But I started to… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
In the rock 'n roll slang world, they're called rock doctors, or rock docs. They would come out to shows and like… — Reginald Arvizu Copy Share Image
When I see footage of Guns N' Roses, I see that fu**ing hunger and attitude. You could not f**k with those five… — Slash Copy Share Image
The biggest question I have is if you're a rock singer or a rock 'n' roll band, or if you're a pop… — Joe Nichols Copy Share Image
If I had my way, I would have sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll at least 4-6 hours a day. So long… — Perry Farrell Copy Share Image
James Brown, Ray Charles, Jackie Wilson, Chuck Berry and Little Richard - I think they had strong influences on a lot of… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
They tell us "Rock'n'roll is the devil's music." Well, let's say we know that rock is the devil's music, and we know… — Bill Hicks Copy Share Image
The music's rehearsed a lot. All people think about is, they think, in rock 'n' roll, they get the music off right… — Mick Jagger Copy Share Image
A lot of people seem to think I started this business. But rock 'n' roll was here a long time before I… — Elvis Presley Copy Share Image
In this [show] business you do something rock 'n' roll and then that's it, finished, heads roll. It's best not to take… — Konnie Huq Copy Share Image
I'm a rock 'n' roll baby. I was one of the last actually born into rock, in the middle of it. My… — Ari Up Copy Share Image
Jazz came out of New Orleans, and that was the forerunner of everything. You mix jazz with European rhythms, and that's rock… — The Edge Copy Share Image
When I talk about rock n' roll, to me, that goes back to the beginning of the 1950s. Blue suede shoes and… — Bobby Keys Copy Share Image
You can take things that Jimi Hendrix took, from Curtis Mayfield or from Buddy Guy for example, because we are all children… — Carlos Santana Copy Share Image
I love David Bowie and Cher and Diana Ross. I wanted to follow in their footsteps. So I set out to do… — RuPaul Copy Share Image
Rock n' roll is our religion, and we will continue to lose disciples as we go, but we pick up the fallen… — Steven Van Zandt Copy Share Image
My parents were into 40s big band stuff, and my father was a great dancer to that kind of thing. But rock… — Mark Alan Stamaty Copy Share Image
Music was in the air when I was growing up. My siblings Katy, Dave and Phil were musical; my dad worked in… — Sam Barry Copy Share Image
Sending grown-ups up the wall is one of the things adolescence is all about. A few years ago it was done with… — Russell Baker Copy Share Image
I never, ever saw myself as glam because I didn't wear makeup... my image is a plain leather jumpsuit, which is not… — Suzi Quatro Copy Share Image
The classical music scene was completely unfamiliar to me. It was something that I didn't have the most fun associations around. A… — Lola Kirke Copy Share Image
I grew up listening to a lot of player-piano music in my house and a lot of old Tin Pan Alley songs… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
Blues artists now try and stay in a box. Back in the day at all the clubs you would see James Brown,… — Phil Collen Copy Share Image
The Best of Elvis Presley, Doris Day, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bill Hailey and the Comets, Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Frankie Laine all… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
If you were looking at where you would like your career to go, then you would have to cherry pick The Stones.… — Andy Taylor Copy Share Image
I think with Sky and BBC Three and Channel 4, there are some great television platforms, and the stand-up movement in this… — Brendan Coyle Copy Share Image
Every performer who ever performed in rock and roll or even close to it is lying if they tell you that they… — Mac Davis Copy Share Image
Rock 'n' roll is a young form. People over twenty-five ruin it. This whole censorship thing has come about because old people… — John Hughes Copy Share Image
I learned to play piano in a rock n' roll context or band context from country records - you know, Floyd Cramer… — Benmont Tench Copy Share Image
Rock n' Roll came from the slaves singing gospel in the fields. Their lives were hell and they used music to lift… — Meat Loaf Copy Share Image
In this business, my business, I get to meet all kinds of incredible people, fascinating people, glamorous people and sexy people and… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
Most people are living lives of sort of survival. And constantly posing an existential crisis, either through fantasy or oblivion, really has… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
Technology is 50% of rock 'n' roll - the magic, the art, the performance. If you don't have good technicians and a… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
![“I was pretty shocked [having concert in the Madison Square Garden]. It could have gone either way. But I think it's the right time. Nobody does what we do with taking the visuals and making it a complete rock 'n' roll show with the really good songs. Nobody's done that in a long time.” quote by Vince Neil](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/d0a/vince-neil-30501_concert_i-was-pretty-shocked-having-concert-in-t_2497022.jpg)
![“In this [show] business you do something rock 'n' roll and then that's it, finished, heads roll. It's best not to take drugs, go to sex dungeons or cause controversy. And those who've done it - Russell Brand, Angus Deayton, whoever - they've really paid for it, even if what they've done is quite…” quote by Konnie Huq](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/ec1/konnie-huq-4219_brands_in-this-show-business-you-do-something-r_1345102.jpg)
