About Quote by Amanda Palmer

When we did concerts, we wanted them to be theatrical events - collaborations with designers, choreographers, and directors - because we thought traditional rock…

— Neil Tennant

As a rock fan, you read of the big labels and the multinationals and the big tours with road crews and semi-trailers full of…

— Lee Ranaldo

Sometimes, I think the way the music business has been destructive and the way the fans are been put through it and try to…

— Beck

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

— Steve Rushin

The rock concert experience for people was really pretty stupid, you know, at the time. People would go to concerts not with the idea…

— Robbie Robertson

In L.A., we played rock venues because we had a band, which hip-hop venues couldn't accommodate. And within that, we created a show which…

— Taboo

A lot of musicians talk about how they were into music from the start; they always wanted to be musicians. It wasn't like that…

— Mitski

I think, in America, for a long time you had groups that wanted to be stars more than they wanted to make music.

— Tom Petty

In those days a concert was a personal experience. I wanted to be as close as possible to the audience, and of course big…

— Cat Stevens

I think that becoming a successful rock band is a little like becoming a professional athlete. Nobody plans on it.

— Bryce Dessner

The music became secondary to being rock stars.

— Butch Trucks

Maybe the idea of being a rockstar or being the one who's recording or playing, sort of doesn't really matter as much anymore, when…

— Adrian Grenier