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> [To rock isn't necessarily to cavort.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-plant/to-rock-isn-t-necessarily-to-cavort/)

[Robert Plant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-plant/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88c/robert-plant-1715_necessarily_to-rock-isn-t-necessarily-to-cavort-5340_53406.jpg)

> [Rock isn't art, it's the way ordinary people talk.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-idol/rock-isn-t-art-it-s-the-way-ordinary-people-talk/)

[Billy Idol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-idol/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebc/billy-idol-17280_art_rock-isn-t-art-it-s-the-way-ordinary-peo_1140516.png)

> [Soft rock isn't weak rock.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellie-rowsell/soft-rock-isn-t-weak-rock/)

[Ellie Rowsell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellie-rowsell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d45/ellie-rowsell-5162_rock_soft-rock-isn-t-weak-rock-1011581_1011581.jpg)

> [To me, punk rock isn't a style of music, it's something you live.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shavo-odadjian/to-me-punk-rock-isn-t-a-style-of-music-it-s-something-you-live/)

[Shavo Odadjian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shavo-odadjian/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eed/shavo-odadjian-7565_live_to-me-punk-rock-isn-t-a-style-of-music-i_633852.jpg)

> [Rock isn't a young music anymore. I don't think it's necessarily even a youth-oriented music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-petty/rock-isn-t-a-young-music-anymore-i-don-t-think-it-s-necessarily-even/)

[Tom Petty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-petty/)

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> [Punk rock isn't supposed to be for everyone. There is that sort of private club mentality, which is necessary. It keeps things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billie-joe-armstrong/punk-rock-isn-t-supposed-to-be-for-everyone-there-is-that-sort-of/)

[Billie Joe Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billie-joe-armstrong/)

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> [“A country isn't a rock. And it isn't an extension of one's self. \*It's what it stands for, when standing for something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abby-mann/a-country-isn-t-a-rock-and-it-isn-t-an-extension-of-one-s-self-it-s/)

[Abby Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abby-mann/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0d/abby-mann-99305_judgement-at-nurembe_a-country-isn-t-a-rock-and-it-isn-t-an-e_261950.jpg)

> [Hard rock will always be hard rock, but you don't really know what is rock - and what isn't - anymore. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-cooper/hard-rock-will-always-be-hard-rock-but-you-don-t-really-know-what-is/)

[Alice Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-cooper/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f7/alice-cooper-2435_always_hard-rock-will-always-be-hard-rock-but-y_554267.png)

> [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)

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