Element Quote by Trent Reznor

My parents didn't allow rock music in the house. I actually didn't even know it existed until I was probably eleven years old.

— Pat Smear

My parents are proud of me now. However, when I first became involved with rock music, they were afraid.

— Billy Squier

“Parents, preachers, and politicians think rock music is the source of young people's despair. They don't understand it's just a reflection. They also forget…

— Jeri Smith-Ready

Rock 'n' roll is just entertainment, and the kids who like to identify their youthful high spirits with a solid beat are thus possibly…

— Bill Haley

The reason kids like rock 'n roll is their parents don't

— Mitch Miller

I think music is just a great place to focus your energy and your feelings. If you're young, you can take all that stuff…

— Ali Koehler

Rock music is the province of the young, and it should be made by young people. I'm not running around in a pair of…

— Nick Cave

It's really vital to have rock music because it connects the generations. It's important in that way.

— Christine Ebersole

Today it feels as if rock'n'roll has sort of turned in on its self, kids are 'rockin' to the same groups their parents do/did.…

— Andrew Loog Oldham

Rock isn't a young music anymore. I don't think it's necessarily even a youth-oriented music.

— Tom Petty

The whole thing about rock music, pop music, is it's really for kids.

— Juliana Hatfield

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