Entertainment Quote by Fran Lebowitz

When I started making music, we'd lost a lot of our great people. Rock was moving in a direction I didn't like. Rock was…

— Patti Smith

Rock n' roll was my art school. For many people from working-class backgrounds, rock wasn't a chosen thing, it was the only thing: the…

— Chris Rea

That was always what I felt was the beauty of Rock 'n' Roll, it was entertainment and showbiz yet it had the idea of…

— Debbie Harry

All I can say, being young people being in a band, writing songs that we felt were great... we never felt that years later…

— Charlotte Caffey

I was born at the beginning of rock and roll. I got to experience the entire evolution of popular rock and roll music even…

— John Oates

When I started, rock and roll itself was the basic revolution to people of my age and situation. We needed something loud and clear…

— John Lennon

I didn't care about anything expect rock & roll. So it's nice that it turned out to be something that you find a way…

— Steven Van Zandt

I never considered myself part of rock 'n' roll. My stuff was more adult. It was more difficult for teenagers to relate to; my…

— Ray Charles

When I started out as a music journalist, at the end of the 1980s, it was generally assumed that we were living through the…

— Rob Sheffield

I remember when I was first starting out in the late 50's, and everybody at that time said rock 'n roll was gonna die.…

— Bobby Vee

I started going to rock shows at a really young age, and seeing other young people make music definitely influenced me.

— Frankie Cosmos

We were the first generation of rock & roll, but life goes on.

— Ian Gillan