African American music can't happen in Germany or in Italy or in Mumbai. If America disappeared off the face of the Earth… — David Simon Copy Share Image
One modest suggestion for my friends in the academic community: the next time a mob of students, waving their non-negotiable demands, starts… — Spiro T. Agnew Copy Share Image
In 1957, when I was in second grade, black children integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. We watched it on… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
I had 12 years of classical music as a child, playing piano competitions as a teenager, playing in blues bands and rock… — Ronnie Milsap Copy Share Image
I was one of the first of the uglies. Rock Hudson and Tab Hunter... were very pretty fellows, and that was the… — Rod Taylor Copy Share Image
Everybody's got to reclaim these thingspoetry, rock'n'roll, political activismand it's got to be done over and over again. It's like eating: you… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
The pond-lily is a star and easily takes the first place among lilies; and the expeditions to her haunts, and the gathering… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
I used to enjoy all the white bands when I was a kid listening to the radio. But the record companies, they… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
Everything has become so pop-rock oriented that finding a role for a soprano, and finding an audience for a soprano, is tricky.… — Laura Benanti Copy Share Image
The E Street band casts a pretty wide net. Our influences go all the way back to the early primitive garage music,… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
Country sure has changed in the last 10 years. It was one thing, then it was another. Country has slowly marched toward… — John Mellencamp Copy Share Image
In between 15 and 20 - probably at around 17 - my interests switched from hard rock to punk rock. And then… — Rick Rubin Copy Share Image
Some men look great unshaven; others just look like they forgot to shave. Beards and mustaches can be really distinctive if you… — Donatella Versace Copy Share Image
Wherever there are rock n rollers, well play. Thats what weve been doing for more than 30 years - rock n roll.… — Ronnie Hawkins Copy Share Image
And that's why i have to go back to so many places there to find myself and constantly examine myself with no… — Pablo Neruda Copy Share Image
I used to hang out a lot in jazz clubs, and the groups took to a kid like me who wasn't afraid… — Eric Burdon Copy Share Image
Because the blues is the basis of most American music in the 20th century. It's a 12-bar form that's played by jazz,… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
We are still not in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame but there are 3,000 Kiss products, a Kiss musical toothbrush,… — Paul Stanley Copy Share Image
Make no mistake: Bob Ritchie's up early in the morning taking pictures of his son on the first day of his senior… — Kid Rock Copy Share Image
Creativity is a spark. It can be excruciating when we're rubbing two rocks together and getting nothing. And it can be intensely… — Jonah Lehrer Copy Share Image
I think I've been addicted to openness since long before my rock career. I was terrible as a teenager. I used to… — Amanda Palmer Copy Share Image
I don't care what town you're born in, what city, what country. If you're a child, you are curious about your environment.… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
I don't want to read more into it than there is. I try not to overanalyze anymore, as it tends to make… — Wayne Watson Copy Share Image
It's the hillbilly rock, beat it with a drum. Playin' them guitars like shootin from a gun. Keepin' up the rhythm, steady… — Marty Stuart Copy Share Image
I'd play whenever I could get my hands on an electric guitar; I was trying to pick up rock'n'roll riffs and electric… — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
A part, a large part, of traveling is an engagement of the ego v. the world. The world is hydra headed, as… — Sybille Bedford Copy Share Image
Indie rock is very healthy, there's a lot of diversity and a lot of creativity, but it does not have the revolutionary… — Bruce Pavitt Copy Share Image
That ones yours,huh?"he asked,pointing to 3A."How come it just says 'Kyle'?Doesnt he have a last name?" "Kyle wants to be a rock… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
You like rock? Little boy, I’m not your friend. I’m not your Dark-Hunter and I’m not your friggin’ date. You only speak… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
I was sorry to see the News of the World go down, I think it was a great campaigning newspaper. Who can… — Stewart Lee Copy Share Image
Jesus Christ was the original rock'n'roll star. He gave people reasons to live in the rut they were living in. He was… — Ozzy Osbourne Copy Share Image
Enough of dreams! No longer mock The burdened hearts of men! Not on the cloud, but on the rock Build thou thy… — Alfred Noyes Copy Share Image
Salt is the only rock directly consumed by man. It corrodes but preserves, desiccates but is wrested from the water. ... It… — Margaret Visser Copy Share Image
I'd like to live off the band, but if not, I'll just retire to Mexico or Yugoslavia with a few hundred dollars,… — Kurt Cobain Copy Share Image
Is there anything as horrible as starting on a trip? Once you're off, that's all right, but the last moments are earthquake… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh Copy Share Image
People have wanted to narrate since first we banged rocks together & wondered about fire. There’ll be tellings as long as there… — China Mieville Copy Share Image
It's good to have a lot of once-in-a-lifetimes in your lifetime. If you get the chance to skydive, go skydiving. If you're… — Neil Patrick Harris Copy Share Image
I started The Runaways with Sandy West. We shared the dream of girls playing rock and roll. Sandy was an exuberant and… — Joan Jett Copy Share Image
As I said, when we needed to move over to rock'n'roll, Sam and Vernon couldn't quite make the shift. So that's when… — Neil Innes Copy Share Image
Buying insurance is no one's idea of fun. And it's especially easy to berate something as funky-sounding as writing checks to defend… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
