Generations Quote by Patti Smith

Rock became an incredible commercial success, people just became bored with serious music, and it was forgotten.

— Henry Flynt

I love rock. I love the music that was born out of the latter part of the 20th century. It means a lot to…

— James Murphy

When I started, rock and roll itself was the basic revolution to people of my age and situation. We needed something loud and clear…

— John Lennon

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

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

When I was a kid, the people of my generation didn't want to be writers, they wanted to be rock stars. Rock and roll…

— Fran Lebowitz

Rock was my thing. It influences me and moves me, and it's music that gives me ideas or wings to fly and to make…

— Jean-Marc Vallee

I wanted to rewrite how rock music was perceived.

— David Bowie

I liked rock music going back to the '60s, but I never ever had any desire to be a rock musician and when I…

— Glenn Branca

The music industry went through such a strange stretch in 1977, especially in this country, with the whole punk rock thing coming about. Punk…

— Steve Winwood

Rock n' roll was my art school. For many people from working-class backgrounds, rock wasn't a chosen thing, it was the only thing: the…

— Chris Rea

We came along at a time when people were really focused on music. We were part of the second generation of bands after all…

— Dennis DeYoung