People Quote by John Densmore Download Open image “We were not folk-rock. We would scare people.” — John Densmore ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare People Scare Were Would
If folk is the music of the common people and not the intellectual elite, then that's what rock is. — Michael Penn Copy Share Image
Everybody would grab a guitar and listen to somebody else and call themselves a folk singer. When they didn't know no more songs, they'd… — Brownie McGhee Copy Share Image
Rock has always been the devil's music... I believe that rock & roll is dangerous... I feel that we're only heralding something even darker… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
Today's folk song is rock and roll. Although it happened to emanate from America, that's not really important in the end because we wrote… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
Rock has always been THE DEVIL'S MUSIC . . . I believe rock and roll is dangerous . . . I feel we're only heralding SOMETHING EVEN DARKER THAN OURSELVES. — David Bowie Copy Share Image
My older brother was involved in the folk movement. We would gather every weekend in Washington Park. The folk songs were so important to… — Anne Waldman Copy Share Image
Folk has always been the mainstay of Indian music; we're very soulful people, and we like the sound of our soil. — KK Copy Share Image
People seem to think that folk music is people with acoustic guitars. Or punk music is people with mohawks, leather jackets. — Avey Tare Copy Share Image
At the risk of sounding grandiose, I will say that, to me, rock 'n' roll is sacred. — John Densmore Copy Share Image
I've been very blessed to make a living in stuff I love and am totally passionate about, music and writing. So I'm eager to… — John Densmore Copy Share Image
The fossil fuel industry has made advocating alternative energy sources a liberal/conservative thing, and an ideological battle, when it should really be about a… — John Densmore Copy Share Image
When I was in my 20s I went through my testosterone phase and had a Mercedes to show that I'm rich, and they used… — John Densmore Copy Share Image
First of all, Turtle Island is the name of this continent we live on... that's right, not 'America... as in North America,' but the… — John Densmore Copy Share Image
As long as there's young people, they can look to Jim to help them cut the umbilical chord. — John Densmore Copy Share Image
In my old age, I've learned that if I put the right cymbal crash in the very right spot, exactly, it can be as… — John Densmore Copy Share Image
The Stones without Mick. The Police without Sting. The Doors without Jim. It doesn't work. — John Densmore Copy Share Image
Fortunately, an extremely sexy, pixie-voiced blond named Ronnie Harran, who booked the Whisky, saw us...She had an ear for talent...the Whisky was finally a… — John Densmore Copy Share Image
Money is like fertiliser. When spread around, things grow; when it's hoarded, it stinks. — John Densmore Copy Share Image
I'm not the fastest drummer in the world, but I'm very into dynamics and knowing that there's space in between the notes and you… — John Densmore Copy Share Image
If I am going to be phased out by whatever powers, then I want people to know that it is not because I am… — Parvathy Copy Share Image
Some people still believe you should just fall in line with what's going on - and that's scary. It makes a mockery of freedom… — Emily Robison Copy Share Image
The truth seems to be that propaganda on its own cannot force its way into unwilling minds; neither can it inculcate something wholly new;… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
From Augustine down, theologians have tried to compel people to accept their special interpretation of the Scripture, and the tortures of the inquisition, the… — Matilda Joslyn Gage Copy Share Image
I wanted to write about voodoo tradition that I feel has been very important to survival of black people here: people of the African… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
I feel like I definitely have a real sporty style, more so than a lot of people in G.O.O.D. Music. — Big Sean Copy Share Image
I feel like the future is unwritten. So many of the things that we write now haven't been about educating people on the environment,… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
The only people who think the Internet is a calamity are people whose lives have been hurt by it; the only people who insist… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Crony capitalism is essentially a condition in which... public officials are giving favours to people in the private sector in payment of political favours. — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
I think, here's what I've realized from interviewing people, and I've been very open about my Catholicism and my love of Christ and I… — Jay Mohr Copy Share Image
For us who are now in power, we need to be challenged to serve the people and ignore our own egos and personal interests… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
When I was trying to come up with a stage name, I thought 'Lord' was super rad, but really masculine - ever since I… — Lorde Copy Share Image
