Rock n roll Quotes · Page 9

Hip-hop took some lessons from rock 'n' roll, and rock 'n' roll took some lessons from hip-hop.

— Russell Simmons

Trying to explain music is like trying to dance architecture.

— Thelonious Monk

My parents were opera singers and voice teachers, so growing up, I admired musicians and dancers.

— Sandra Bullock

If you don't own the stage, you shouldn't be in rock n' roll.

— Grace Slick

Rock 'n' roll is sexuality personified. It is attitude. It is all the things that your parents told you not to do.…

— Steven Tyler

I know it's financially lucrative to go out on my own, but I don't like it. It's really hard work, just the…

— Jason Isbell

And a lot of the technique and the little T-Bone phrases that define his style, Chuck Berry, when he rearranged the beat,…

— Duke Robillard

Rock'n'roll is nothing but Boogie Woogie with stuff on top of it. And if you're black, they name it rhythm'n'blues, and if…

— Ike Turner

Life is beautiful. Be thankful for everything. Destroy your ego. Free hugs. Sing your hearts out in the street. Rock ‘n roll.

— Ariana Grande

Being in a rock n' roll band was like being in a Sherman tank. Nothing got to you. You were surrounded and…

— Grace Slick

The amazing thing about Freak Out! was that there was nothing quite like it in rock 'n roll at the time. It…

— Matt Groening

I think it's our job to write about what we're going through at the moment, and being 41, I'm not going to…

— Bonnie Raitt

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

Aerobics is a really whacked-out way to get going. The loud rock 'n' roll music and the teachers standing before you, doing…

— Michael Richards

You are most certainly the inspiration for all of today's rock 'n' roll guitarists. Your music is timeless.

— Smokey Robinson

My God is rock'n'roll. It's an obscure power that can change your life. The most important part of my religion is to…

— Lou Reed

Leadbelly's guitar is in the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame.

— Roger McGuinn

Rock n' Roll came from the slaves singing gospel in the fields. Their lives were hell and they used music to lift…

— Meat Loaf

When you get into rock 'n' roll myths, like that Rod Stewart blew his whole band and had to get his stomach…

— Craig Finn

The original concept of rock and roll... was supposed to be this young angst with mistakes and all. Four or five guys…

— Peter Frampton

I lived out my little rock'n'roll fantasy, I just wish I hadn't gotten into so much trouble for it.

— Courtney Love

I went to stand-up when my rock n' roll dreams weren't coming true. I knew it wasn't going to happen when I…

— Greg Behrendt

Liverpool was an industrial town, a poor town. The people fought hard for what they wanted to achieve and there was a…

— Pete Best

Rock and roll is a contact sport. I enjoy playing the tunes that really get the people going.

— Richie Sambora

Senator [George] Mitchell is a man of many talents and he's swift on his feet, but one would not think of him…

— Barbara Mikulski