--- title: "6 Music Journalists Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 6 Music Journalists quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Music Journalists sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de5/david-lee-roth-6560_hate_music-journalists-love-elvis-costello-an_6824.jpg" --- > [Music journalists love Elvis Costello and hate me because they look like Elvis Costello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lee-roth/music-journalists-love-elvis-costello-and-hate-me-because-they-look/) [David Lee Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lee-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de5/david-lee-roth-6560_hate_music-journalists-love-elvis-costello-an_6824.jpg) > [There's that old cliché which has a lot of basis in truth, that all music journalists are failed rock stars. They all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvie-simmons/there-s-that-old-clich-which-has-a-lot-of-basis-in-truth-that-all/) [Sylvie Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvie-simmons/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ff/sylvie-simmons-30238_bases_there-s-that-old-clich-which-has-a-lot-o_404847.jpg) > [Music journalists are some of the lazy, most uninspired, dull people I've ever met...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zachary-cole-smith/music-journalists-are-some-of-the-lazy-most-uninspired-dull-people-i/) [Zachary Cole Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zachary-cole-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfa/zachary-cole-smith-11978_dull_music-journalists-are-some-of-the-lazy-m_429875.jpg) > [The whole 'grunge-girl' comparisons certainly are the easiest to pick out, and I appreciate that music journalists are rushed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitski/the-whole-grunge-girl-comparisons-certainly-are-the-easiest-to-pick/) [Mitski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fd/mitski-6905_appreciate_the-whole-grunge-girl-comparisons-certai_1764862.jpg) > [All this stuff goes in the mental notebook...the mental notebook is big as fuck...mostly full of music journalists hahaha.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/calvin-harris/all-this-stuff-goes-in-the-mental-notebook-the-mental-notebook-is-big/) [Calvin Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/calvin-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/460/calvin-harris-12937_music_all-this-stuff-goes-in-the-mental-notebo_1865362.png) > [I am really inspired by writers, and weirdly - respect music journalists, which I think makes me the exception amongst most musicians.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-haines/i-am-really-inspired-by-writers-and-weirdly-respect-music-journalists/) [Emily Haines](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-haines/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/359/emily-haines-13200_crafts_i-am-really-inspired-by-writers-and-weir_3221658.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/music-journalists/#itemlist", "name": "Music Journalists Quotes", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Music journalists love Elvis Costello and hate me because they look like Elvis Costello", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Lee Roth" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lee-roth/music-journalists-love-elvis-costello-and-hate-me-because-they-look/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de5/david-lee-roth-6560_hate_music-journalists-love-elvis-costello-an_6824.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de5/david-lee-roth-6560_hate_music-journalists-love-elvis-costello-an_6824.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de5/david-lee-roth-6560_hate_music-journalists-love-elvis-costello-an_6824.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Music journalists love Elvis Costello and hate me because they look like Elvis Costello” — David Lee Roth", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There's that old cliché which has a lot of basis in truth, that all music journalists are failed rock stars. 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