Quote by Frank Zappa

Most rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can'ttalk, for people who can't read.

— Frank Zappa

Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read

— Frank Zappa

Most rock journalism is people who can not write interviewing people who can not talk

— Frank Zappa

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

The biggest problem in rock journalism is that often the writers main motivation is to become friends with the band. Theyre not really journalists;…

— Chuck Klosterman

Journalism: A profession whose business is to explain to others what it personally does not understand.

— Anonymous

Journalism is a kind of profession, or craft, or racket, for people who never wanted to grow up and go out into the real…

— Harry Reasoner

Journalism (definition): The art, or science, of representing life as a series of clichés.

— Richard Summerbell

I think what constitutes rock nowadays is people that actually play and sing. They can do the job live with no ProTools or embellishments…

— Nancy Wilson

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

— Diablo Cody

Eclectic is a word that appears almost as much as the word smarmy in rock journalism and I've come to the fact, just as…

— Van Dyke Parks

A Romantic ideology that predates rock glorifies the self-destructive artist as someone who's too honest and delicate for this world... It's not an easy…

— Jon Pareles