Out on a 30 day tour, you got nothing, but groupies and promoters to love you. — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
I listen to Jay Z, some Kanye, and I mix it up - some rock and roll, a little bit of jazz. — Geno Smith Copy Share Image
A long long time ago, I can still remember how that music use to make me smile. — Don McLean Copy Share Image
Energy is so important. If you don't have it, don't bother with rock and roll. — Yoko Ono Copy Share Image
If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'. — John Lennon Copy Share Image
Videos destroyed the vitality of rock and roll. Before that, music said, "Listen to me." Now it says, "Look at me." — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
All of a sudden, someone threw me in front of this rock and roll band. And I decided then and there that… — Janis Joplin Copy Share Image
I once asked [John] Lennon what he thought of what I do. He said 'it's great, but its just rock and roll… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
Rock and roll and swing never quite mixed. Rock and roll came in and just blew everything out of the water. Big… — Brian Setzer Copy Share Image
Every 15, 20, 25 years, a new rock and roll record needs to come out and a new rock and roll band… — Steven Adler Copy Share Image
People feel they have to live that stereotypical lifestyle in order to be a rock star. You don't have to shoot heroin… — Lenny Kravitz Copy Share Image
But there are rock and roll fans all over this continent and all over the globe, really, and we're just set at… — James Young Copy Share Image
What the hell is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and what does it do besides talk about itself and sell… — Steve Miller Copy Share Image
I wanted to play rock and roll when I started playing. Nobody at that time ever thought about songwriting. You sang songs,… — Bruce Cockburn Copy Share Image
For me, when you get to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, there's a side of me that goes, "What does… — Mike Dirnt Copy Share Image
Pop music has progressed. The singing voice has changed dramatically in pop music, and people now just sing the way they want… — Steven Morrissey Copy Share Image
My mother was the one who totally got behind me as far as, do things and ask questions later. My father would… — Andrew Dice Clay Copy Share Image
When Paul and I were first friends, starting in the sixth grade and seventh grade, we would sing a little together and… — Art Garfunkel Copy Share Image
I have to give my family credit for putting up with the racket, because as some of you may know, its not… — Max Weinberg Copy Share Image
The whole world loves American movies, blue jeans, jazz and rock and roll. It is probably a better way to get to… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
Rock and Roll has certainly tried to take its toll on me. I'd rather not talk about my past excesses here, although… — Tony Visconti Copy Share Image
“Fascinating ... The whole thing [the school dance] seems to work on a similar principle to a supercollider. You know, two streams… — Paul Murray Copy Share Image
“[H]e asked Renee, “What does rock and roll have today that it didn’t have in the sixties?” Renee said, “Tits,” which in… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
There is nothing “still” in the remarkably visceral poems of Alexander Long's third collection, Still Life, and nothing is at rest in… — David St. John Copy Share Image
“I get sentimental over the music of the '90s. Deplorable, really. But I love it all. As far as I'm concerned, the… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
This is a record I ended up having to make to get on to the next stage of my life. What I… — Luke Haines Copy Share Image
In 1965, my father was just twirling the dial of the radio to find something that would make me go to sleep,… — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
“We feared that the music which had given us sustenance was in danger of spiritual starvation. We feared it losing its sense… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
“Despite the support of all these kings and generals, militarily the Warsaw Pact had a huge numerical superiority over NATO. In order… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
It's not some great work of beauty and love to be a rock-and-roll singer. — Robert Plant Copy Share Image
The great thing about rock and roll is that someone like me can be a star. — Elton John Copy Share Image
I got my hush puppies on. I guess I never was made meant for glitter rock and roll. — Jimmy Buffett Copy Share Image
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