Technology is 50% of rock 'n' roll - the magic, the art, the performance. If you don't have good technicians and a… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
Most people are living lives of sort of survival. And constantly posing an existential crisis, either through fantasy or oblivion, really has… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
When you grow up, you're told that rock 'n' roll is the only authentic way to express yourself. Live instrumentation, singer, live… — Matt Tong Copy Share Image
It means rock'n'roll in the sack. It means sex: the lyrics, the beat of it, the thunderous feeling through your body. Before… — Pamela Des Barres Copy Share Image
If you're into comedy, you will know what the show is about. We have so many comedy geeks, comedy enthusiasts, fanatical people… — Rhys Darby Copy Share Image
Most of the time I was in grammar school through high school, I was in some kind of rock n' roll band.… — Lee Atwater 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I think [rock'n'roll] essence is what made it good and has a lot in common with what originally made monotheism good -… — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
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 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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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'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
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
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
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
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
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'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
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
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
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