Rocks Quotes · Page 40

I'm not trying to ally myself with the rock stars of the universe.

— Sylvie Simmons

I'm not interested in the texture of a rock, but in its shadow.

— Ellsworth Kelly

You gotta wear the right trousers if you're gonna be a rock star.

— Chris Martin

“If there is no snake at your feet, do not lift rocks at the side of the road.”

— Andre Dubus III

Listen to the river sing sweet songs to rock my soul.

— Jerry Garcia

The rock's easy, but the roll is another thing...

— Keith Richards

This is serious business, sex, violence, and rock and roll.

— John Mellencamp

Every year that goes by, I lose that much more motivation to play rock.

— Billy Corgan

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…

— Tom Scharpling

I'm used to being crazy and "rock-n-rolly", which is a little different than this world. For me, it was a chance to…

— Jack Black

My hands resemble some ancient tree: the roots that bind up the earth, the rock and the ceaselessly nibbling wordms.

— Mark Z. Danielewski

Soccer is like punk rock: The product is not necessarily terrible. The problem is the fan base.

— Chuck Klosterman

Luckily for me, when I was growing up in high school, I had a band, and I was a singer in the…

— Stark Sands

I'd...bet enthusiasm for 'ethnic cleansing' will wane if only sticks and rocks are available for the warring parties.

— Bill Hicks

I played, like, a year of piano until I learned the 'Pink Panther' theme. That was my goal. Once I was good…

— Jack Black

'Call Me' is not an exceptional Al Green album, but it is as solid as a rock at its center.

— Jon Landau

One of the [Million Mom] marchers said 'the hands that rock the cradle rule this nation.' I thought, 'no Madame, the hands…

— Charlton Heston

There was a lot of stuff [in Rock of Ages] that had effects in it and I thought it was too smooth.…

— Adam Shankman

For us Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp is bigger than the music. It is very much an experience that brings a lot…

— Rob Halford

The Grand Canyon is carven deep by the master hand; it is the gulf of silence, widened in the desert; it is…

— Donald C. Peattie

The areas of the brain that have to do with speech are very connected with the same parallel processors that have to…

— Howard Rheingold

It is not one man nor a million, but the spirit of liberty that must be preserved. The waves which dash upon…

— Lord Byron

There was definitely a moment, a time after 'The Hand That Rocks the Cradle', when I did get offered a lot of…

— Annabella Sciorra

And rock being a male-dominated, testosterone-driven place that I've been in the eye of the hurricane now for several years, I realized…

— Tim McIlrath

Thus the white men and Native Americans were able, through the spirit of goodwill and compromise, to reach the first in what…

— Dave Barry

That one record changed everything for me. After Sgt. Pepper, it's the most influential record in the history of rock and roll.…

— Roger Waters

You should look at certain walls stained with damp, or at stones of uneven color. If you have to invent some backgrounds…

— Leonardo da Vinci

I think about going to the lake, but I'm so weak that I barely make it to my meeting place with Gale.…

— Suzanne Collins

He smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth. He touched the dead corpse of the…

— Daniel Webster

I am reminded, now, of Leonardo's advice to painters: You should fix your eyes, he says, on certain walls stained with damp.…

— Ciaran Carson

People used to say, "Clapton is God." That was a phrase that people attributed to him, and he was a guitar hero…

— Michael Angelo Batio

Music burst through him, perfect notes he hear rarely. Fire and ice, wind and calm, sky and earth, water and rock all…

— Christine Feehan

The way I see it, rock n' roll is folk music.

— Robert Plant

I'm an old rock and roll buff. I love Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty.

— Nick Carter

Is god omnipotent ? If he is, can he create a rock so heavy he can't lift it ?

— Stephen Hawking

Rock stars are like sports stars: If you snap your ankle, you're done.

— Dave Grohl

What would rock and roll be without ambition, craziness, danger, and fun?

— Pete Wentz

I was bangin’ 7 gram rocks and finishing them because that’s how I roll

— Charlie Sheen

No rock so hard but that a little wave may beat admission in a thousand years.

— Alfred Lord Tennyson

In a world of constant change, God alone is the Rock upon which to build a life.

— Max Anders