We are like vessels tossed on the bosom of the deep; our passions are the winds that sweep us impetuously forward; each… — Pietro Metastasio Copy Share Image
This was in the sense that if Dada was reacting to the morality and aesthetics of pre-WWI, then we were very much… — Stephen Mallinder Copy Share Image
I saw doves and I thought they were rocks, but they were asleep. My breath made them stir, and they rocks took… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
Rock 'n roll smells phony and false. It is sung, played and written for the most part by cretinous goons and by… — Frank Sinatra Copy Share Image
Stone Mountain Memorial is the greatest project of its sort ever conceived. It should be finished, because it represent an idea as… — Gutzon Borglum Copy Share Image
For us Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp is bigger than the music. It is very much an experience that brings a lot… — Rob Halford Copy Share Image
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That's what Kiss is all about - not just music, but entertainment, y'know? We're there to take you away from your problems,… — Ace Frehley Copy Share Image
Being materialistic is part of the hip-hop community's nature, because jazz and blues and rock 'n' roll, when they started out in… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
The original concept of rock and roll... was supposed to be this young angst with mistakes and all. Four or five guys… — Peter Frampton Copy Share Image
When I started covering The Beatles and The Rolling Stones in a rock 'n' roll band, it helped me realize that my… — Gotye Copy Share Image
The world that I inhabit in reality is probably very different world than the one people expect that I would be in.… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
From 1985 to 1994, I lived in Manhattan in a big old loft right off Times Square. I could walk to work,… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
If you are in the country, you should notice landmarks - that is, objects which help you to find your way or… — Robert Baden-Powell Copy Share Image
One thing about Kurt [Cobain] is before he was a musician, and before he was a rock star, he was an artist,… — Brett Morgen Copy Share Image
The spirit of non-violence necessarily leads to humility. Non-violence means reliance on God, the rock of ages. If we would seek his… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Rock musicians, and a vast array of popular-music musicians, due to their wealth, acquired through the mass of their notoriety, are able… — Bill Dixon Copy Share Image
O, how shall summer's honey breath hold out Against the wreckful siege of battering days, When rocks impregnable are not so stout,… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The classical music scene was completely unfamiliar to me. A lot of people think of older generations and stuffiness. But it's not.… — Lola Kirke Copy Share Image
But it seemed to me that this was the way we all lived: full to the brim with gratitude and joy one… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
Talk of mysteries! — Think of our life in nature, — daily to be shown matter, to come in contact with it,… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
We have to focus on his early work, and just one or two of his movies, and elements of his TV shows,… — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
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Anthony Mackie in 'The Hurt Locker' is everything an actor can hope to be. So rock steady in his portrayal that you… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
But, though persecuting malice raged, yet the Gospel shone with resplendent brightness; and, firm as an impregnable rock, withstood the attacks of… — John Foxe Copy Share Image
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Butforme, theAlps and their peoplewerealikebeautiful in their snow, and their humanity; and I wanted, neither for them nor myself, sight of any… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Capricorn was one of the homes of the Southern rock movement with the Allman Brothers and Charlie Daniels and the Marshall Tucker… — Jason Aldean Copy Share Image
The Church is built on the rock of Peter, and he who eats the Lamb outside this holy dwelling is reprobate ..… — Pope Pius IX Copy Share Image
What my mom failed to understand was that I didn't even want long hair -- I needed long hair. And my desire… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
All these ways we classify things as R&B and hip-hop and rock... It's bullshit. It's all music. If you put yourself in… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
Evolution does not isolate us from the rest of the Kosmos, it unites us with the rest of the Kosmos: the same… — Ken Wilber Copy Share Image
As I discovered music, especially Rock 'n Roll, new territory was opened to me. I was lured by the unbridled rhythm of… — Taylor Hanson Copy Share Image
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is marketing. You've got a bunch of faceless people in a back room who trademark… — Paul Stanley Copy Share Image
The Stones were always exemplary of one of the best of all rock qualities: tightness. They have always been economical, the opposite… — Jon Landau Copy Share Image
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![“One of the [Million Mom] marchers said 'the hands that rock the cradle rule this nation.' I thought, 'no Madame, the hands that rock the cradle rule our families and governments and corporations. The hands that wrote the Constitution rule this nation'.” quote by Charlton Heston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ce/charlton-heston-5386_constitution_one-of-the-million-mom-marchers-said-the_2197506.jpg)
![“There was a lot of stuff [in Rock of Ages] that had effects in it and I thought it was too smooth. I thought it would be sexier if it were in-camera cuts. So I did that.” quote by Adam Shankman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c28/adam-shankman-23511_age_there-was-a-lot-of-stuff-in-rock-of-ages_1218098.jpg)
![“One thing about Kurt [Cobain] is before he was a musician, and before he was a rock star, he was an artist, and an artist with a capital A. What that means is that he had to create. It wasn't something that he chose to do - it chose him.” quote by Brett Morgen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f37/brett-morgen-30402_art_one-thing-about-kurt-cobain-is-before-he_2257772.jpg)
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