Rock Quotes

I just didn't expect an acoustic version of Rock'n'Roll All Nite.

I feel like that I'm learning all the time. I'm learning from new artists, from established artists... every time I listen to '70s rock 'n' roll records, I'm learning. And I think that I'm just now starting to get a hold on what I do.

I like to listen to mellow stuff on the road like Travis, as we are constantly surrounded by rock music on tour and so its nice listening to mellow stuff. Obviously back at home I listen to a lot more rock music.

I'm ready to rock and roll.

Being onstage is like being rock star. Whereas if you're doing a movie, it's such a confined space. You know, you do a comedy, it's so hard, too, 'cause with a comedy, there's no vocal reaction, there's no energy that you get back that spurs you on to be funnier because everyone has to be quiet.

I tend to fall for the archetypal, talented, charismatic rock boy.

Michael Anthony is the Diplomat of Rock N Roll. He is the regular guy.

I have willpower and determination. I am very resilient, like rock.

Today is a great day, not only of healing and reconciliation, but also coming together. I'm so glad the whole Little Rock Nine was alive and here to see this.

I love big budgeted, epic rock landscapes. That's what turns me on.

If you've lost focus, just sit down and be still. Take the idea and rock it to and fro. Keep some of it and throw some away, and it will renew itself. You need do no more.

An MC is somebody who can control the crowd. An MC is a master of ceremonies so not only can you say your rap, you can rock the party.

I find it hard to take rock groups very seriously or treat them with respect. There is something absurd about these gloomy young men getting together and banging away.

There's no way that if you get participation out of a person can they say you didn't rock it.

Bono is my inspiration - not only as a rock star but as a humanitarian. We aren't just put on this earth to sell records. Maybe it's because of my upbringing, but I do consider myself a moral guy.

Revolution! The people howls and cries, Freedom, that's what we're needing! We've needed it for centuries, our arteries are bleeding. The stage is shaking, the audience rock. The whole thing is over by nine o'clock.

As a rock star, I have two instincts, I want to have fun, and I want to change the world. I have a chance to do both.

I was in lots of dodgy bands growing up and I always fancied myself in a band. But, you know, I was rubbish at writing music. So maybe one day I'll play a rock star, or punk rocker.

Well, all rock and roll is based in artifice.

I saw an Elvis Presley movie Jailhouse Rock, where he gets out of jail and makes his own records and takes them to the radio stations himself. And then, he puts records in the store. After seeing that, I made records an put them in stores.

I always felt that I was one of the women who helped lay the foundation for rock and roll. But I'd always been overlooked by the Hall of Fame.

We partied with the royal rich people, and we felt like rock stars. We drank all the whiskey in the place.

Almost all the fans I meet are pretty cool people. They're intelligent and tend to think about things a bit more than your average rock'n'roll fans: sensible people I wouldn't mind having a drink with.

I'm not really this rock'n'roll chick.

We're more popular than Jesus now; I don't know which will go first, rock 'n' roll or Christianity.

The pious ones of Plymouth who, reaching the Rock, first fell upon their own knees and then upon the aborigines.

Now that rock is turning 50, it's become classical in itself. It's interesting to see that development.

We wanted the language to feel fresh, fun, and rock solid.

So you know, my plan was that I was going to make records, and be a rock star. And that's really what I wanted to do. And I sang from the time I was very young.

I've always liked funk and rock and everything.