Been Quote by Ian Rankin

In my mind, I was never going to have the things I wanted if I played music for a living, unless I became a…

— Aldous Harding

My parents were into 40s big band stuff, and my father was a great dancer to that kind of thing. But rock 'n' roll?…

— Mark Alan Stamaty

I never wished to be a 'rock star.' I just wanted to be a working musician. My dreams didn't even go past a session…

— John 5

I wanted to be a rock star when I grew up, or at least a singer/songwriter.

— Katey Sagal

I never considered myself like a pop musician or rock star, because that didn't really exist when I started.

— Steve Miller

I had no idea I would become a musician; I fell into it. First, I had a band called Fancypants Hoodlum. It was quite…

— Peaches

I didn't think you could just become a rock and roll singer.

— Tom Petty

Our band was different. We were still playing rock 'n' roll, but we had an entirely different sound: just one guitar, but an organ…

— Dave Clark

Obviously the people that I admired, like the Beatles, were really into rock'n'roll, but it was already a little past rock'n'roll when I started…

— Elvis Costello

The great thing about rock and roll is that someone like me can be a star.

— Elton John

In high school I wanted to be a rock star and was in a lot of bands.

— Adam Sandler

I really thought I wanted to be a musical-comedy star, but I lived in Phoenix and didn't want to go all the way to…

— Sandra Bernhard