For some guys, they associate loud, tough, gutsy music…

It's hard to make music that's sexy that's not cheesy.

— Rostam Batmanglij

There is no gender to my music. There's no male or female voice, no trite lyrics or poetry. It's much more abstract, so it…

— Yanni

Unfortunately, music is a male-dominated industry. It's not that there aren't plenty of women working in the industry, it's just, the higher up you…

— Cassie Ventura

Music is a male-dominated field. Women are not always taken as seriously as we should be, so sometimes we have to put our foot…

— Missy Elliot

Instead of singing hard rock, I could just as easily be singing 'The Fantastiks' or 'Pajama Game' somewhere.

— Jani Lane

The visceral nature of hard rock music, the fact that you can have this sledge hammering sound - and that you can hook a…

— Henry Rollins

One thing people would be surprised about is that although hard rock and heavy metal are without question 90% of what I listen to…

— Eddie Trunk

I like African and avant-garde music, anything that's vaguely interesting. Hard rock I get a bit bored with because it's what I do. So…

— Roger Glover

I love so many different types of music - hard rock, bebop, jazz fusion, R&B. And I've loved meeting and painting so many amazing…

— Peter Max

I'm thinking about learning a few new things - like taking classical guitar lessons - and I'd like to bring what I learn into…

— Mick Mars

I like old-school, riff-driven, hard rock music with big hooks!

— Jim Breuer

“Jack was too absorbed in his work to hear the bell. He was mesmerized by the challenge of making soft, round shapes of hard…

— Ken Follett

I wanna play hard rock. I wanna play loud drums.

— Bill Ward

Don't be a hard rock when you really are a gem!

— Lauryn Hill

Hard rock I got into around twelve or thirteen. My uncle introduced me to Scorpions, Great White and everything rock. From there, I expanded…

— Ivan Moody