Rock Quotes · Page 43

'We Will Rock You' we didn't think was a single. We almost saw it like an introduction to 'We Are the Champions,'…

— Roger Taylor

Once upon a time in America, people aspired to party like a rock star. Now, rock stars aspire to party like a…

— Steve Rushin

We thought that's the way you were supposed to be if you were in a rock 'n' roll band. Flamboyant.

— David Johansen

The Rolling Stones were one of the best bands ever, and 'Sticky Fingers' is one of the best rock albums I've ever…

— Buzz Osborne

I just think that models and rock stars, and actors and actresses, all tend to flock to one another.

— Bebe Buell

Don't look for an unshakable rock to stand on; there ain't any! Rather, learn how to stand still on a shaking rock!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

I just can't stand it [jazz/rock]. It just doesn't sound right to me. It doesn't hit me...it doesn't get me...it just doesn't…

— Van Morrison

I never thought a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland or anywhere else was a good idea.

— Todd Rundgren

I wanted to be a rock star. I dreamed of it, and that's all I dreamed of. To be more accurate, I…

— Eric Whitacre

The cliche of what a rock star is - there's something elitist about it. I never related to that. I'm an entertainer.…

— Beck

I have truly eclectic taste in music, and I seem to cycle through phases in terms of to what's inspiring me. I'll…

— Rachel Miner

To see classic rock, you had to go to an arena. But punk was happening everywhere, even in little towns in the…

— Bill Callahan

I've never owned an actual trail-running shoe myself, but maybe I should. My favorite paths are fraught with peril, much of it…

— Don Kardong

If you're an impressionistic painter and you want to paint expressionism, you've got to change. You've got to figure out a way…

— Tobin Bell

I've always been much more of a guitar picker, but I began to feel forced into a position of being the epitome…

— Alvin Lee

But I also enjoy music outside the band. I've been doing production for other people, including Robert Wyatt. Check him out. The…

— Nick Mason

“Trusting the resolve in my heart is but a stepping stone to the future I now see clearly.”

— S.K. Logsdon

I live a rock-star kind of life where I don't go to bed until 4 A.M. I'm very nocturnal.

— Katy Perry

Rock stars are like prophets. There's something about somebody who can get up on a stage and sing. And then when they…

— Pamela Anderson

At 15, I started listening to hard rock and heavy metal, but I would say it was more hard rock because I…

— Rick Rubin

The point is, we're all on this rock together for a finite amount of time and how can we make each other's…

— Jonathan Roumie

I love rock and opera, and I love musical theater, and I don't want to lose any of that.

— Lauren Worsham

I always thought of indie-rock as being rock music by bands that were on independent labels, and that's a great thing.

— Britt Daniel

You know, most people, they want to go to Hollywood. They want to be a star. They want to be a rock…

— Eddie Van Halen

I'm remembered as a model who dated a rock star or 10, among them Steven Tyler, Todd Rundgren, David Bowie, Elvis Costello,…

— Bebe Buell

I tell people my only successful long-term relationship was with Jim Packard. He was my rock. I didn't realize how codependent I…

— Michael Feldman

I don't think you can live as long as I have in rock n' roll and not take a few hard knocks.

— Joe Cocker

You either live under a rock or you walk in the sunshine. That’s pretty much how it goes.

— Sixto Rodriguez

Bruce Springsteen's a rock star. Elton John is a rock star. I'm a folk musician. Honestly, I think that's true.

— James Taylor

Act like a rock star long enough, do it unfailingly and well enough, and you become one.

— Jackie Fuchs

Rock was getting too complicated, too fused - everything was jazz-rock, country-rock, progressive-rock, this-rock and that-rock, and it was all so bland,…

— Marky Ramone

I come from an African Caribbean background. I've been influenced by a reggae church music style, contemporary gospel, and rock all fused…

— Laura Mvula

With technology and social media and citizen journalism, every rock that used to go unturned is now being flipped, lit and put…

— LZ Granderson

Life is like a rock It can be heavy and it can crush you, Don't be a victim of depression and let…

— Daniel Payne

If you don't have sex and you don't do drugs, your rock 'n' roll better be awfully good.

— Abbie Hoffman

I had this thing about hanging out in dark theaters. My family thought I grew out of a rock.

— Anthony Edwards

I love dogs. I think dogs are way smarter. Maybe I can be the dog spokesman for the rock world. There are…

— King Tuff

Even in film, books, and music, there's always action - there's always rock and roll. Young people appreciate that kind of experience.

— Jenova Chen

I got into Kiss before I got into anybody. The first thing I heard was 'Detroit Rock City.' I heard it in…

— Brian Posehn

I do like alternative rock and rap, but as far as inspirational, then I go full-on orchestra. It fills up your entire…

— Osric Chau