Rock n' roll is our religion, and we will continue to lose disciples as we go, but we pick up the fallen… — Steven Van Zandt Copy Share Image
My parents were into 40s big band stuff, and my father was a great dancer to that kind of thing. But rock… — Mark Alan Stamaty Copy Share Image
Jazz came out of New Orleans, and that was the forerunner of everything. You mix jazz with European rhythms, and that's rock… — The Edge Copy Share Image
When I talk about rock n' roll, to me, that goes back to the beginning of the 1950s. Blue suede shoes and… — Bobby Keys Copy Share Image
You can take things that Jimi Hendrix took, from Curtis Mayfield or from Buddy Guy for example, because we are all children… — Carlos Santana Copy Share Image
I saw my rock'n'roll past flash before my eyes. And I saw something else: I saw rock and roll future and its… — Jon Landau Copy Share Image
I start a lot more songs than I finish, because I realize when I get into them, they're no good. I don't… — Johnny Cash Copy Share Image
From the age of 14, 13, I guess I wanted to be a rock 'n' roll star. And that was it. I… — Steven Van Zandt Copy Share Image
The biggest question I have is if you're a rock singer or a rock 'n' roll band, or if you're a pop… — Joe Nichols Copy Share Image
When I see footage of Guns N' Roses, I see that fu**ing hunger and attitude. You could not f**k with those five… — Slash Copy Share Image
In the rock 'n roll slang world, they're called rock doctors, or rock docs. They would come out to shows and like… — Reginald Arvizu Copy Share Image
The best thing is to motivate people to do their own work. I'm not opposed to making money. But I started to… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
When you start a rock n' roll band, you've gotta fake it till you make it. You begin by doin' what you… — Steven Tyler Copy Share Image
Without the Fender bass, there'd be no rock n' roll or no Motown. The electric guitar had been waiting 'round since 1939… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
I don't think I understood guitar rock as well as I probably should have. I don't think I understood bands like Led… — Pete Wentz Copy Share Image
I was brought up on rock-'n'-roll. It was sort of funny because I couldn't get interested in anything else - I tried… — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
I was pretty shocked [having concert in the Madison Square Garden]. It could have gone either way. But I think it's the… — Vince Neil Copy Share Image
I'm introverted, and I pay attention to my muse... Record companies used to go mad and say 'We don't know the deal… — Robert Palmer Copy Share Image
The essence of my lyrics is the desire for peace and harmony. That's all anyone has ever wanted. How could it become… — Robert Plant Copy Share Image
I don't know if I miss it per se, but I do miss the fact that there just doesn't seem to be… — Joan Jett Copy Share Image
Johnny [Depp] got this rock 'n' roll old soul to him. If I say a song, he goes, 'Oh yeah. I know… — Alice Cooper Copy Share Image
With pop music and pop musicians, you know everything about everyone all the time, particularly their physical appearance. With female musicians, that's… — Lorde Copy Share Image
Times were changing. Clothes were changing. Morals were changing. We went from romantic loves songs like I used to do to rock… — Bobby Vinton Copy Share Image
I'm not interested in popular culture. I hate Quentin Tarantino. I rarely go to movies. I hate rock 'n' roll. I work.… — James Ellroy Copy Share Image
In 1952, Muddy cut the song 'Rollin' Stone.' It was a nationwide success, and the song echoes down through rock n' roll… — Tim Cahill Copy Share Image
I started with rock n' roll and...then you start to take it apart like a child with a toy and you see… — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
I ended up doing these other diverse things, but King Tuff is the thing I always wanted to come back to -… — King Tuff Copy Share Image
Bob Dylan may be the Charlie Chaplin of rock n' roll. Both men are regarded as geniuses by their entire audience. Both… — Jon Landau Copy Share Image
There is nothing conceptually better than rock 'n' roll. No group, be it Beatles, Dylan or Stones, have ever improved on Whole… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
Rock 'n' roll accepted me and paid me, even though I loved the big bands... I went that way because I wanted… — Chuck Berry Copy Share Image
Music that boldly and aggressively laid out what the singer wanted, loved, hated — as good rock ’n’ roll did — challenged… — Ellen Willis Copy Share Image
Songs really are like a form of time travel because they really have moved forward in a bubble. Everyone who's connected with… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
Hard rock will always be hard rock, but you don't really know what is rock - and what isn't - anymore. I… — Alice Cooper Copy Share Image
Rock n' roll was one thing, and then they chopped off the 'roll' and called it 'rock,' which became a sort of… — Tom Petty Copy Share Image
I have an incomplete album that I want to finish. I have been thinking about the plan during my days in jail,… — Gary Glitter Copy Share Image
The music I really like to get off on is the old rhythm 'n' blues and rock 'n' roll stuff... that's what… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
I had written a tune called 'Shake, Rattle and Roll,' but the white stations refused to play it - they thought it… — Jesse Stone Copy Share Image
When Little Richard used to stand up and play it was just fabulous, and Liberace had the candlesticks and the rings and… — Elton John Copy Share Image
I think [rock'n'roll] essence is what made it good and has a lot in common with what originally made monotheism good -… — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
From since I could remember I've always been an artist, drawing, painting and so forth. I would also always draw made up… — Ashley Purdy Copy Share Image
![“I was pretty shocked [having concert in the Madison Square Garden]. It could have gone either way. But I think it's the right time. Nobody does what we do with taking the visuals and making it a complete rock 'n' roll show with the really good songs. Nobody's done that in a long time.” quote by Vince Neil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d0a/vince-neil-30501_concerts_i-was-pretty-shocked-having-concert-in-t_2497022.jpg)
![“Johnny [Depp] got this rock 'n' roll old soul to him. If I say a song, he goes, 'Oh yeah. I know that song.' A song he shouldn't know, a song that's not his generation at all. So he might as well have been there.” quote by Alice Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/73e/alice-cooper-2435_generations_johnny-depp-got-this-rock-n-roll-old-sou_2876941.jpg)
![“I think [rock'n'roll] essence is what made it good and has a lot in common with what originally made monotheism good - it's against everything that is fixed, all the social structures that you can't go past.” quote by Ezra Furman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/658/ezra-furman-4439_common_i-think-rock-n-roll-essence-is-what-made_680749.jpg)
