The true art of being young is knowing how to defy gravity and upset as many people as possible while doing it. How to penetrate the great secrets of the universe and damn the torpedoes. How to stir the demons… — Mick Rock Copy Share Image
People think: 'If this photographer's looking like a big jerk-off, maybe it's okay if I do.' I like to catch my subjects off balance a bit. — Mick Rock Copy Share Image
The true art of being young is knowing how to defy gravity and upset as many people as possible while doing it. How to… — Mick Rock Copy Share Image
I do not use the word 'genius' lightly, but if David Bowie is not a genius, then there is no such thing. — Mick Rock Copy Share Image
Somebody had given me a copy of 'Hunky Dory,' which had yet to be a hit, although it was starting to percolate. I'd seen… — Mick Rock Copy Share Image
My allegiance was always to the act. I wanted them to be happy. I wasn't owned by a magazine or a record label. And… — Mick Rock Copy Share Image
Newspapers and magazines didn't want pictures of musicians behaving badly back then. Now, because of the Internet, that's all the media wants. — Mick Rock Copy Share Image
It's funny because unlike back in the seventies when I made hardly any money, today I could just live off the past if I… — Mick Rock Copy Share Image
It's a miracle that David Bowie, Lou Reed and Iggy Pop are actually still alive today, given how hard they lived. — Mick Rock Copy Share Image
I did not want to be somebody who lived off his reputation. I wanted to continue to be part of the modern music scene. — Mick Rock Copy Share Image
I'd photographed musicians before but this was different. Syd was very charismatic, and he had the aura of a poete maudit, which made him… — Mick Rock Copy Share Image
I don't show every picture that I have, I think discretion is also important. — Mick Rock Copy Share Image
People think: 'If this photographer's looking like a big jerk-off, maybe it's okay if I do.' I like to catch my subjects off balance… — Mick Rock Copy Share Image
