Creating Quote by Alex Van Halen

I am really inspired by writers, and weirdly - respect music journalists, which I think makes me the exception amongst most musicians. I think…

— Emily Haines

I'm doing a little freelance work, and I think everybody's trying to take their minds off rock and roll for a little while and…

— Matt Berninger

The rock'n'roll lifestyle really is available to anybody that's got money. Honestly. Once you get money, if you interview a hundred people with money,…

— Ice T

Lately, I'm spending more and more time working with non-rock musicians and leaving the mainstream - almost dissolving into another world, musically.

— Robert Plant

I guess it really didn't even dawn on me that you could be a rock critic as a job until I was maybe almost…

— Chuck Klosterman

But if you work in the rock industry, you should realize that the most important bands are the troublemakers.

— Cedric Bixler-Zavala

I'm fascinated with the attitude of younger rock bands, even ones that are making money at it. I don't ever hear them talk about…

— Travis Morrison

I've been meaning to write about the Rolling Stones, but I am the furthest thing from a hipster rock journalist.

— Diablo Cody

Being in a rock band for 20 years is not the best resume for anything else.

— Walter Martin

The biggest problem in rock journalism is that often the writer's main motivation is to become friends with the band. They're not really journalists;…

— Chuck Klosterman

Music is kind of a strange business, and it's too weird of a job to have mean, conniving people around.

— Annie E. Clark

You always feel like rock critics are frustrated musicians. I envy musicians their ability to live their art and share it with an audience,…

— Todd Haynes