Age Quote by Jeff Tweedy

There's too much rock that relies a fetishism or nostalgia for the old ways. That's a real enemy to music.

— Matt Tong

We were teens in the Eighties, and that's the kind of music that we all grew up on. When you're in those really formative…

— Tony Kanal

It was easy for people to be derisive about our music because they saw what we were doing as retro. But we were like…

— Eric Carmen

I just think there's an awful part of rock-'n-roll music where people kind of pretend they're young all their lives, you know? And they…

— Jason Pierce

If you're going to change things, one of the things we had to change is to get away from that traditional model of rock…

— Stephen Mallinder

There are people who will always want the genre, whatever it is, to stay traditional, to stay what it was like when you were…

— Thomas Rhett

As the years go by, I realize how unique a style rock music is and how delicate you have to be with it sometimes;…

— Joe Satriani

As me being somebody that makes arguably nostalgic music, I cannot stand when somebody tries to make old music just to sound old.

— Adrian Younge

I have a real problem with rock music because it seems that lineage doesn't really exist. When you grow up, you're told that rock…

— Kele Okereke

Music has always been a dominant force in my life. As a young kid, it was a way for me to escape everyday life.…

— John Varvatos

I don't think the music that I do is nostalgic in any way; I don't think about going back to nice, old-fashioned music. I'm…

— Imelda May

We've never tried to make timeless music like, say, Bruce Springsteen. But we've come to realize that maybe we've had more of an influence…

— Russell Mael