Rock and roll Quotes · Page 8

“I grew up in a world that told girls they couldn't play rock and roll.”

— Joan Jett

Rock and roll reaches people because it's honest and doesn't shy away from the issues.

— Marc Martel

This is a record I ended up having to make to get on to the next stage of my life. What I…

— Luke Haines

“Dealing with the Hippie is generally straightforward. His childlike nature will usually respond positively to drugs, sex, and/or rock and roll, although…

— Thomas Pynchon

Of all the early breakthrough rock and roll artists, none is more important to the development of the music than Chuck Berry.…

— Cub Koda

Oh no, I don't know, baby, might take all night. Better maybe break out that old rock and roll. Drink a little…

— Eric Church

What would rock and roll be without ambition, craziness, danger, and fun?

— Pete Wentz

You've got to be able to hold a lot of contradictory ideas in your mind without going nuts. I feel like to…

— Bruce Springsteen

I mean, there's times to rock and roll, and I love that too. But I think my first love is acoustic music.

— Graham Nash

I used to go to these old tent revivals and listen to the gospel singers. If you think rock and roll is…

— Edgar Winter

Videos destroyed the vitality of rock and roll. Before that, music said, "Listen to me." Now it says, "Look at me."

— Billy Joel

We've got great fans that rock and roll won't have, because you can have a one-hit record and country music used to,…

— Tanya Tucker

We [The Replacements] never made any money on tour. None of us came out of the school of economics. We took it…

— Paul Westerberg

Many people think of me as just a riff guitarist, but I think of myself in broader terms. As a musician I…

— Jimmy Page

I get confused between the rock and roll thing and my movie star thing... We're f - -ing movie stars.

— Dave Grohl

I have my ship, and all her flags are a-flying. She is all that I have left, and music is her name.

— Stephen Stills

I think pure country music includes rock and roll .. I've never been able to get into the further label of country-rock…

— Gram Parsons

There will never be another Freddie Mercury, one of the greatest rock and roll singers.

— Dave Clark

“Sometimes a song is more than just a song. First the fire...then the rain.”

— Randolph Randy Camp

Rock and roll used to be for kicks, now a days it's politics.

— Billy Joel

That one record changed everything for me. After Sgt. Pepper, it's the most influential record in the history of rock and roll.…

— Roger Waters

I don't want to see old people doing rap or rock and roll. It makes me cringe.

— Grace Slick

“I remember when Elvis died. I wrote my sentiments with words of a little girl in my dear diary, "Many people wanted…

— Ana Claudia Antunes

On the surface, rock and roll changes at an amazing pace. The influence of a figure like the Maharishi can appear and…

— Jon Landau

I don't care about the internal political system of the United States. I want to be a friend of United States, of…

— Hugo Chavez