Bob Quote by Patti Smith

The music became secondary to being rock stars.

— Butch Trucks

Until MTV, television had not been a huge influence on music. To compete with MTV, the country music moguls felt they had to appeal…

— Charley Pride

A song has to take on character, shape, body and influence people to an extent that they use it for their own devices. It…

— David Bowie

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

The first rock stars were incredibly theatrical. Little Richard and Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley - they were theater artists.

— John Cameron Mitchell

Music videos are so incredibly relevant, but I don't think they're relevant on broadcast television anymore. I think they're much more about the power…

— Samuel Bayer

“The greatest musicians never cared to be rock stars. They just wanted to play. The greatest actors never cared to be movie stars; they…

— Ron Baratono

Rock music had its own constituency, its own steering wheel. It was beyond the control of the establishment, and we saw TV as the…

— Ian Gillan

If you look at the way people behave at shows, icons are now musicians; they are the people that we worship.

— Grimes

There are plenty of people in the world who have tried to be rock stars and have not gotten there.

— Ben Barnes

“It was not even necessary for people to know how to sing to be considered rock musicians. Bob Dylan had no clue, but that…

— Frans Johansson

Music documentaries are hard to tell, but I think they're an amazing vehicle to look at racism, our attitude to sex, the way we…

— Nick Broomfield