I think Quote by Robert Hilburn

I thought the message of the artist was more important than the writing style. I tried to be clear; I wanted everyone to be…

— Robert Hilburn

I don't want to be the cranky old guy, but a lot of critics are too forgiving of mediocre artists. When you see these…

— Robert Hilburn

Rock and roll stars have it much better than writers when they're on a tour.

— Neil Gaiman

Are we intelligent rock music? I just think that we chose to write about different sorts of subjects. I'm much more interested in the…

— Richey Edwards

The best rock musicians are the most exciting people in the world.

— James Daly

You always feel like rock critics are frustrated musicians. I envy musicians their ability to live their art and share it with an audience,…

— Todd Haynes

I don't know if I know anyone, with the exception of the early inventors of rock music [who wasn't influenced by something].

— Bruce Springsteen

The music became secondary to being rock stars.

— Butch Trucks

I'm not saying that people have to listen to rock music. It's a great, cool thing and it can really be liberating for a…

— Anonymous

If music was made by some kind of critical theorist, it would sound like my music.

— Josh Tillman

Lou Reed is the most important definitive writer in modern rock. Not because of the stuff that he does, but the direction that he…

— David Bowie

There's that old cliché which has a lot of basis in truth, that all music journalists are failed rock stars. They all harbour the…

— Sylvie Simmons