Rock n roll Quotes · Page 5

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

— Salman Rushdie

Do you believe in rock 'n roll? Can music save your mortal soul?

— Don McLean

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

— Don Letts

Rock n' roll is for the young idiots, not an old fart like me.

— Al Jourgensen

I refuse to age disgracefully in rock 'n' roll.

— Ben Harper

Rock 'n' roll is much easier if you're white

— Kid Rock

All the songs we do are basically about one of three things: booze, sex or rock n roll.

— Bon Scott

The hungry and the haunted explode in a rock'n'roll band.

— Bruce Springsteen

To me, true rock 'n' roll has a lot of bottom in it.

— Little Richard

What changed our lives forever was when Malcolm had the idea to sell rock 'n roll records to trendy customers.

— Vivienne Westwood

When I was a kid, I was told rock n' roll wasn't music. It wasn't art. Queen was my proof, my evidence,…

— Axl Rose

Buddy Holly and the early rock 'n' roll was no lighter than the way I play. It's very minimal.

— Joni Mitchell

I love what Alabama Shakes is doing - it's kind of like what grunge did to rock 'n' roll, they're doing to…

— John Oates

I didn't plan on rock-n-roll. I wanted to learn jazz; I got to know some people doing rock-n-roll with jazz, and I…

— Robby Krieger

I would have quit before I went rock-n-roll. I know one way, and that's natural, and when I can't make it, I'll…

— Ralph Stanley

The soul of rock 'n' roll is mistakes, and making mistakes work for you. The people who shy away from mistakes and…

— Paul Westerberg

I talk to people who are musicians, and they go, Oh this is hell. And I go, Are you kidding me? You…

— Chris Isaak

Anytime something makes money, no matter how outré, it's instantly mainstream. A good example is rock 'n' roll. When rock 'n' roll…

— John Landis

Obviously I got known for some other songs early on, and some of those were rock'n'roll songs. Some of them were melodic…

— Elvis Costello

Senator [George] Mitchell is a man of many talents and he's swift on his feet, but one would not think of him…

— Barbara Mikulski

I was drawn to love songs, but I was just drawn to great music - no matter if it's hip-hop, pop, R&B…

— Nayvadius Cash

People have always been resistant to change. If you go back to the 17th, 18th century, playing guitar was frowned upon. When…

— Moby

I'm spoiled - in all ways. I've been in a rock 'n' roll band since I was 13, and we had incredible…

— Peter Noone

I know a lot of people who are struggling musicians; it's a hard life, and I've risked being that. The rewards are…

— Kid Rock

I contribute to the dead of winter and the moans of silence, blood trails are music to my ears ... I'm a…

— Ted Nugent

This is the way I look at sex scenes: I have basically been doing them for a living for years. Trying to…

— Jon Bon Jovi

I look around me and I don’t see any rock’n’roll at the moment. Instead it’s all choreography and stylists and wigs and…

— Ronnie Spector

“A fellow writer told me that Richard [Hell] once told her that the best thing about being a rock 'n roll star…

— Lester Bangs

Early on, before rock 'n' roll, I listened to big band music - anything that came over the radio - and music…

— Bob Dylan

Rock 'n' roll and playing live is very addictive. But you have to really be careful, because you don't want to do…

— Mick Jagger

In rock 'n' roll, as we all know, the image is that it's one big party. But many times the reality is…

— Nathan East

When I was a kid growing up in Kentucky, on lucky summer nights, my cousin would pick me up in his Chevy…

— Chris Frantz

Michael Bloomfield came in after rock n roll started, and he was a great guitarist. He idolized me - I know that.…

— B. B. King

There's only one true king of rock 'n' roll. His name is Chuck Berry.

— Stevie Wonder

Rock 'n' Roll might not solve your problems, but it does let you dance all over them

— Pete Townshend

Music, you know, true music not just rock 'n' roll, chooses you.

— Lester Bangs

I told people I was a drummer before I even had a set, I was a mental drummer.

— Keith Moon

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

— Juice Newton

Rock 'n' roll was two pegs below being a prisoner of war back then.

— Ronnie Hawkins

If you play more than two chords, you're showing off.

— Woody Guthrie