Roll Quotes

We put all these things together into a tangible product that is The Rock N' Roll Mystery Tour.

Dick Clark really didn't make rock 'n roll safe for America, as many people think.

Rock and Roll has certainly tried to take its toll on me. I'd rather not talk about my past excesses here, although some hardcore rockers might argue that those excesses were responsible for some great records, but I know which side I came out on.

Rock and Roll has no beginning and no end for it is the very pulse of life itself.

We thought that's the way you were supposed to be if you were in a rock 'n' roll band. Flamboyant.

We had a really vast music collection and I was raised around rock'n'roll, it's just the way it was.

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 pop music. I consider rock 'n' roll to be a branch of pop music.

That's what Kiss is all about - not just music, but entertainment, y'know? We're there to take you away from your problems, and rock and roll all night and party every day for those two hours you're at the concert.

Im more in love with Rock n Roll today than other things. It grows, you know?

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

It's only rock and roll, my god! It's not rocket science.

If you truly dig what you are doing, if you lay it out that way, nobody can not respond. That's what rock and roll is; it's relentless.

I play Rock 'n' Roll, that's what I do.

If you set as your goal to roll back the size of government, you have an obligation to answer the tough questions and show real courage, not just appeal to ideology. Treat the voters like adults.

Popular culture - above all rock 'n' roll, with its African-American R & B roots - did far more to radicalize us than did any feminist leader.

I don't want to see old people doing rap or rock and roll. It makes me cringe.

There's no way I can compete with someone who can write rap or rock and roll. Nor do I wish to. But I've always kept up to date with music changes. I worked very hard not to type myself.

I was listening to music long before rock 'n roll.

I don't want to name names, but the least I can say about rock and roll is that I'm suspicious.

Deep Purple is a damn good band and we've made a niche in rock 'n' roll history. Maybe not a huge one but enough to be very proud of.

I'm sick of people sittin' in chairs stating their problems. Then we roll the videotape... then we have our experts on the topic... I'm in the 'What's next?' phase of my career.

I think, describing Elvis for me would be a very generous king. He was the king of rock and roll, will always be. He's whats made it possible for everyone to be performers and to do the things they do now.

It's better for me to play with guys because Rock 'n' Roll has such an aggressive attitude.

This is the way I look at sex scenes: I have basically been doing them for a living for years. Trying to seduce an audience is the basis of rock 'n roll, and if I may say so, I'm pretty good at it.

The thing is with hip-hop, it has its waves and the waves crash against the beach and the new waves come in. So to stay relevant you have to roll with that.

Digital has obviously changed things a lot, but not all for the better as far as I'm concerned. Of course it's much more convenient and you're getting instant results, but to me it just lacks the finesse of a roll of film and it has a slightly superimposed feel.

I was 12 in '55 when rock and roll hit. It just completely transformed me.

Fact is we went on to do other things. But we still wanted to do our success like rock'n'roll stars.

I know I'm not the kind of person who's gonna wind up a walking jukebox, like many rock 'n' roll artists. They just play their hits and that's it. That doesn't appeal to me.