--- title: "18 Prog Rock Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 18 Prog Rock quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Prog Rock sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff7/stephen-colbert-503_rocks_rush-are-like-the-jd-salinger-of-canadia_402139.png" --- > [(Rush are) like the JD Salinger of Canadian Prog Rock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-colbert/rush-are-like-the-jd-salinger-of-canadian-prog-rock/) [Stephen Colbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-colbert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff7/stephen-colbert-503_rocks_rush-are-like-the-jd-salinger-of-canadia_402139.png) > [To me, prog-rock is ELP. And for me personally, that stuff is really boring.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cedric-bixler-zavala/to-me-prog-rock-is-elp-and-for-me-personally-that-stuff-is-really/) [Cedric Bixler-Zavala](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cedric-bixler-zavala/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b52/cedric-bixler-zavala-10330_boring_to-me-prog-rock-is-elp-and-for-me-person_1566954.jpg) > [I was a huge prog rock fan as a kid in high school, and I'm so thankful for that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-commerford/i-was-a-huge-prog-rock-fan-as-a-kid-in-high-school-and-i-m-so/) [Tim Commerford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-commerford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b54/tim-commerford-15758_high_i-was-a-huge-prog-rock-fan-as-a-kid-in-h_2324113.jpg) > [Prog rock, with a little good taste, is ok. I tried to bring some of it into this century, I guess.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-collins/prog-rock-with-a-little-good-taste-is-ok-i-tried-to-bring-some-of-it/) [Phil Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/616/phil-collins-3028_century_prog-rock-with-a-little-good-taste-is-ok_3145437.jpg) > [I'm not sure at all about the current prog rock scene.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-collins/i-m-not-sure-at-all-about-the-current-prog-rock-scene/) [Phil Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/051/phil-collins-3028_currents_i-m-not-sure-at-all-about-the-current-pr_1656268.jpg) > [Let me say it up front: I don't like bad hair or capes. I'm not into witches, warlocks or elves. I would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-esler/let-me-say-it-up-front-i-don-t-like-bad-hair-or-capes-i-m-not-into/) [Gavin Esler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gavin-esler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a37/gavin-esler-4699_bad_let-me-say-it-up-front-i-don-t-like-bad_212924.png) > [Emerson, Lake & Palmer or King Crimson or Gentle Giant - the worst prog rock references I can come up with. Though…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duncan-sheik/emerson-lake-palmer-or-king-crimson-or-gentle-giant-the-worst-prog/) [Duncan Sheik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duncan-sheik/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25e/duncan-sheik-16747_come-up_emerson-lake-palmer-or-king-crimson-or-g_2963007.jpg) > [There's no doubt that prog rock has an image problem: many musicians hate the label, and too many people associate it with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-esler/there-s-no-doubt-that-prog-rock-has-an-image-problem-many-musicians/) [Gavin Esler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gavin-esler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56d/gavin-esler-4699_doubt_there-s-no-doubt-that-prog-rock-has-an-i_135162.png) > [I hated prog rock; to me, it was the ultimate expression of a bloated sense of self-importance and mindless self-indulgence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-carmen/i-hated-prog-rock-to-me-it-was-the-ultimate-expression-of-a-bloated/) [Eric Carmen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-carmen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6f/eric-carmen-12821_expression_i-hated-prog-rock-to-me-it-was-the-ultim_660219.jpg) > [The Raspberries was formed as kind of a reaction to prog rock, which we didn't like. 'Let's bring some songwriting and harmonies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-carmen/the-raspberries-was-formed-as-kind-of-a-reaction-to-prog-rock-which/) [Eric Carmen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-carmen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f8/eric-carmen-12821_back_the-raspberries-was-formed-as-kind-of-a_1752720.jpg) > [I listen to a lot of different things. I'll be listening to prog rock, then the next couple of hours - Indian.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madlib/i-listen-to-a-lot-of-different-things-i-ll-be-listening-to-prog-rock/) [Madlib](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madlib/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d40/madlib-10864_couple_i-listen-to-a-lot-of-different-things-i_1457966.jpg) > [I've always been a prog rock fanatic, even before Vengeance. However I think I started to love the genre with Pink Floyd,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arjen-anthony-lucassen/i-ve-always-been-a-prog-rock-fanatic-even-before-vengeance-however-i/) [Arjen Anthony Lucassen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arjen-anthony-lucassen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/291/arjen-anthony-lucassen-77170_eras_i-ve-always-been-a-prog-rock-fanatic-eve_396409.jpg) > [I think that prog rock is the science fiction of music. Science fiction speculates on what the future might be and look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shatner/i-think-that-prog-rock-is-the-science-fiction-of-music-science/) [William Shatner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shatner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fc/william-shatner-1304_always_i-think-that-prog-rock-is-the-science-fi_2900938.jpg) > [Prog-rock and concept records and some ambitious projects were kind of anathema post-punk. They were destroyed with the advent of punk rock.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-meloy/prog-rock-and-concept-records-and-some-ambitious-projects-were-kind/) [Colin Meloy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-meloy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14f/colin-meloy-16622_advent_prog-rock-and-concept-records-and-some-a_2780477.jpg) > [Is punk rock really music, or is it really just an attitude? I get into that discussion with people all of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-commerford/is-punk-rock-really-music-or-is-it-really-just-an-attitude-i-get-into/) [Tim Commerford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-commerford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7c/tim-commerford-15758_attitude_is-punk-rock-really-music-or-is-it-reall_512640.jpg) > [For me, prog rock has always been essentially British. It combines all our great and eccentric genius. We are not hung up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-esler/for-me-prog-rock-has-always-been-essentially-british-it-combines-all/) [Gavin Esler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gavin-esler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b81/gavin-esler-4699_british_for-me-prog-rock-has-always-been-essenti_1227654.jpg) > [It's perhaps easier to say what prog rock isn't than what it is: it's not three-minute pop songs, it's not straightforward rock,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-esler/it-s-perhaps-easier-to-say-what-prog-rock-isn-t-than-what-it-is-it-s/) [Gavin Esler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gavin-esler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/874/gavin-esler-4699_blues_it-s-perhaps-easier-to-say-what-prog-roc_770388.png) > [I just believed in 1979 that prog rock was finished. I just saw the handwriting on the wall. And I believed that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-deyoung/i-just-believed-in-1979-that-prog-rock-was-finished-i-just-saw-the/) [Dennis DeYoung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-deyoung/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96d/dennis-deyoung-5112_band_i-just-believed-in-1979-that-prog-rock-w_79362.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/prog-rock/#itemlist", "name": "Prog Rock Quotes", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "(Rush are) like the JD Salinger of Canadian Prog Rock", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephen Colbert" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-colbert/rush-are-like-the-jd-salinger-of-canadian-prog-rock/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff7/stephen-colbert-503_rocks_rush-are-like-the-jd-salinger-of-canadia_402139.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff7/stephen-colbert-503_rocks_rush-are-like-the-jd-salinger-of-canadia_402139.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff7/stephen-colbert-503_rocks_rush-are-like-the-jd-salinger-of-canadia_402139.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“(Rush are) like the JD Salinger of Canadian Prog Rock” — Stephen Colbert", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To me, prog-rock is ELP. 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I'll be listening to prog rock, then the next couple of hours - Indian.” — Madlib", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I've always been a prog rock fanatic, even before Vengeance. However I think I started to love the genre with Pink Floyd, yeah. 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