Then Quotes by Mick Rock

The true art of being young is knowing how to defy gravity and upset as many people as possible while doing it. How to…

— Mick Rock

I do not use the word 'genius' lightly, but if David Bowie is not a genius, then there is no such thing.

— Mick Rock

Every morning I stand on my head and do a yoga workout.

— Mick Rock

Somebody had given me a copy of 'Hunky Dory,' which had yet to be a hit, although it was starting to percolate. I'd seen…

— Mick Rock

My allegiance was always to the act. I wanted them to be happy. I wasn't owned by a magazine or a record label. And…

— Mick Rock

Newspapers and magazines didn't want pictures of musicians behaving badly back then. Now, because of the Internet, that's all the media wants.

— Mick Rock

It's funny because unlike back in the seventies when I made hardly any money, today I could just live off the past if I…

— Mick Rock

It's a miracle that David Bowie, Lou Reed and Iggy Pop are actually still alive today, given how hard they lived.

— Mick Rock

I did not want to be somebody who lived off his reputation. I wanted to continue to be part of the modern music scene.

— Mick Rock

I'd photographed musicians before but this was different. Syd was very charismatic, and he had the aura of a poete maudit, which made him…

— Mick Rock

I don't show every picture that I have, I think discretion is also important.

— Mick Rock

People think: 'If this photographer's looking like a big jerk-off, maybe it's okay if I do.' I like to catch my subjects off balance…

— Mick Rock