My passions are stand-up comedy, hard rock and metal, and…

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

— Jim Breuer

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

When I was in high school, I liked hard rock.

— Marky Ramone

Hard rock for me is AC/DC, Def Leppard, Tesla, Kiss. Metal tends to be louder, ruder, darker, like Judas Priest, Slayer, Iron Maiden.

— Eddie Trunk

I feel like a stone you have picked up and thrown to the hard rock bottom of your heart.

— Randy Travis

Ian Gillan, Roger Glover and I wanted to be a hard rock band - we wanted to play rock and roll only.

— Ritchie Blackmore

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

“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

The blues are real important. It's where most of the hard rock n' roll came from.

— Izzy Stradlin