Quotes about Rock and Roll

If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'. Votes: 4

Rock and roll music, if you like it, if you feel it, you can't help but move to it. That's what happens to me. I can't help it.' Votes: 4

Rock and roll is the hamburger that ate the world. Votes: 3

If it's illegal to rock and roll, throw my ass in jail! Votes: 3

The '60s are gone, dope will never be as cheap, sex never as free, and the rock and roll never as great. Votes: 3

If you don't know the blues... there's no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music. Votes: 3

Now, I don't know how they judge all that, but if anybody in the world deserves to be in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, Ritchie Valens does. Votes: 3

Peace Love Rock and Roll!!! Votes: 2

Sex and drugs and rock and roll. Votes: 2

Rock and roll is here to stay. Votes: 2

Rock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards. Votes: 2

Hey, hey, my, my, rock and roll will never die. Votes: 2

Rock and roll has probably given more than it's taken. Votes: 2

Prince presented us at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Votes: 2

You can't have rock and roll without drugs, you can't have rock and roll without sex. Votes: 2

The rock and roll business is pretty absurd, but the world of serious music is much worse. Votes: 2

You're singing a song about making love to your drummer, well gay guitar pickers don't turn me on. Votes: 2

The Pumpkins love rock-and-roll, we absolutely love it, but we also think it's a flatulent, ego-serving kiddie playground. You can have your cake and eat it too. Votes: 2

Rock and roll doesn't necessarily mean a band. It doesn't mean a singer, and it doesn't mean a lyric, really. It's that question of trying to be immortal. Votes: 2

Never lose faith in real rock and roll music. Never lose faith in that. You might have to look a little harder, but it's always going to be there. Votes: 2

If you live in rock and roll, as I do, you see the reality of sex, of male lust and women being aroused by male lust. It attracts women. It doesn't repel them. Votes: 2

Music, Rock and Roll music especially, is such a generational thing. Each generation must have their own music, I had my own in my generation, you have yours, everyone I know has their own generation. Votes: 2

As I define it, rock and roll is dead. The attitude isn't dead, but the music is no longer vital. It doesn't have the same meaning. The attitude, though, is still very much alive - and it still informs other kinds of music. Votes: 2

I'm not so rock and roll. I'm more techno. Votes: 1

What would rock and roll be without ambition, craziness, danger, and fun? Votes: 1

Elvis may be the King of Rock and Roll, but I am the Queen. Votes: 1

I don't know how much more expressive you can get than being a rock and roll singer. Votes: 1

Rock and roll is a contact sport. I enjoy playing the tunes that really get the people going. Votes: 1

You see, rock and roll isn't a career or hobby - it's a life force. It's something very essential. Votes: 1

Ian Gillan, Roger Glover and I wanted to be a hard rock band - we wanted to play rock and roll only. Votes: 1

I mean, there's times to rock and roll, and I love that too. But I think my first love is acoustic music. Votes: 1

Ever since the beginning of rock and roll, there's been an Axl Rose. And it's just boring. It's totally boring to me. Votes: 1

Sex, drugs, and rock and roll is all my brain and body need. Sex, drugs, and rock and roll is very good indeed. Votes: 1

Gibson has been making the finest electric guitars the world has ever witnessed for over 70 years. They are as American as God, guns and rock and roll. Votes: 1

The whole world loves American movies, blue jeans, jazz and rock and roll. It is probably a better way to get to know our country than by what politicians or airline commercials represent. Votes: 1

Every performer who ever performed in rock and roll or even close to it is lying if they tell you that they weren't influenced in some way or another by Elvis Presley. He turned the world around. Votes: 1

Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn't argue with that; I'm right and I will be proved right. We're more popular than Jesus now; I don't know which will go first - rock and roll or Christianity. Votes: 1

Anyone who's got a guitar, you like to pick it up. I can play a couple of songs, some '50s rock and roll, a bit of Elvis. That's it, really - I'm not a musician, I'm not a singer. Votes: 1

I wanted to have the adoration of John Lennon but have the anonymity of Ringo Starr. I didn't want to be a frontman. I just wanted to be back there and still be a rock and roll star at the same time. Votes: 1

I'm not in the leftist controlled Rock and Roll Hall of Fame because of my political views, primarily my lifelong militant support of the NRA, the Second Amendment, and my belief that the only good bad guy is a dead bad guy. Votes: 1

The important thing is to build up my cardiovascular system, so I have the stamina to do stunts. To me, stepping over the line, taking a chance and succeeding is the ultimate freedom, be it in rock and roll or when executing a really challenging routine. Votes: 1

Every musician, their goal in life is to play music that people love, and I've accomplished my goal. I was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and left that chapter of my life and those people in the past. Good and bad, I've loved and am thankful for that chapter. Votes: 1

You gotta remember: we're musicians... we're just crazy people who can't get along sometimes. I've definitely come to the table with my knife in my pocket a couple of times; you know how it is. It's part of being human. Now add fame and money and all that rock and roll craziness to it - we're lucky we don't eat each other in this industry! Votes: 1

Half of the modern world goes back as far as Pearl Jam. The real historians go back to U2. But they need to go back further. They have to go back to the '50s and '60s, where things started. That's how you get to be your own personality, by studying the masters. Rock and roll was white kids trying to make black music and failing, gloriously! Votes: 1

You can't stop rock-n-roll! Votes: 0

My God is rock'n'roll. Votes: 0

Rock'n'roll saved my soul. Votes: 0

It's Only Rock and Roll. Votes: 0

Rock & roll is instant coffee. Votes: 0

I'm not really this rock'n'roll chick. Votes: 0

All rock and roll is homosexual. Votes: 0

Rock and Roll is instant coffee. Votes: 0

All rock n roll is homosexual. Votes: 0

Rock 'n' roll is sexuality personified, Votes: 0

Rock and roll is my religion. Votes: 0

I always loved rock 'n' roll. Votes: 0

Rock 'n' roll. Deal with it. Votes: 0

Rock n roll is about drugs. Votes: 0

I'm ready to rock and roll. Votes: 0

I'm a rock and roll singer. Votes: 0

I love old school rock and roll. Votes: 0

NUTHIN' more fun than Rock n' Roll! Votes: 0

Rock 'n' Roll, no roses or gardening. Votes: 0

Rock and roll is the new pornography. Votes: 0

It's not music, it's a disease. (on rock'n'roll) Votes: 0

Rock 'n Roll is monotony tinged with hysteria. Votes: 0

This ain't rock 'n' roll; this is genocide Votes: 0

I usually listen to classic rock and roll. Votes: 0

I always wanted to be a rock'n'roll star. Votes: 0

I'm ready for some rock 'n' roll action. Votes: 0

I'm the Connie Francis of rock 'n' roll. Votes: 0

Where would rock and roll be without feedback? Votes: 0

Rock n' roll! It's the music of puberty. Votes: 0

I sold my soul to rock and roll. Votes: 0

I soaked my soul in Rock and Roll Votes: 0

Crime fiction is the new rock n' roll. Votes: 0

Rock 'n' roll is like a circus today. Votes: 0

Rock n' roll is poison put to sound. Votes: 0

I've got rock 'n' roll in my blood. Votes: 0

Pure, white rock 'n' roll, with no blues influence. Votes: 0

Rock and roll never sleeps. It just passes out. Votes: 0

I refuse to age disgracefully in rock 'n' roll. Votes: 0

Rock n' roll is dream soup, what's your brand? Votes: 0

I have rock 'n' roll pumping through my veins. Votes: 0

They should've built a city on rock and roll. Votes: 0

The rock's easy, but the roll is another thing... Votes: 0

Well, all rock and roll is based in artifice. Votes: 0

Rock n Roll is music from the neck down. Votes: 0

I'd rather play jazz, I hate rock and roll. Votes: 0

The future of rock n roll is Justin Bieber. Votes: 0

Rock 'n' roll music is what gets me off. Votes: 0

Rock and roll is about having a good time. Votes: 0

I'm into rock'n'roll because rock'n'roll, to me, means freedom. Votes: 0

Get some sleep and dream of rock and roll. Votes: 0

I like everything from hard-style techno to rock n' roll. Votes: 0

It's a rock 'n' roll thing to have one-night stands. Votes: 0

I am like the little rock n' roll backseat driver. Votes: 0

I was listening to music long before rock 'n roll. Votes: 0

Road racing is rock 'n roll; track is Carnegie Hall. Votes: 0

There are enough scary rock & roll mothers in the world. Votes: 0

In 1905 Albert discovered Relativity, in 1906 he invented Rock and Roll. Votes: 0

Rock and roll hoochie koo, lawdy mama, light my fuse. Votes: 0

What has Rock and Roll ever done for us? Everything. Votes: 0

The hungry and the haunted explode in a rock'n'roll band. Votes: 0

Being a rock 'n' roll star ain't a part-time gig. Votes: 0

I like rock & roll, and I don't like much else. Votes: 0

I've always felt that rock & roll was very, very wholesome. Votes: 0

Be cool and you'll be alright. That's rock & roll religion. Votes: 0

I just like the blues better than rock 'n' roll Votes: 0

If it weren't for rock'n'roll, I wouldn't be a designer Votes: 0

I may be gone, but Rock and Roll lives on. Votes: 0

You can't kill Rock 'n' Roll. It's here to stay Votes: 0

This is serious business, sex, violence, and rock and roll. Votes: 0

By no means, I can't sing any rock and roll. Votes: 0

My mother loved rock and roll. She loved high-energy music. Votes: 0

Elvis was rock'n'roll. He came from the poverty and the pain. Votes: 0

To make a rock'n'roll record, technology is the least important thing. Votes: 0

The reason kids like rock 'n roll is their parents don't Votes: 0

You know, there have been a lot of casualties in rock-n-roll. Votes: 0

It's only rock and roll, my god! It's not rocket science. Votes: 0

Trying to seduce an audience is the basis of rock & roll. Votes: 0

This is rock'n'roll, not classical music. It's about people working together. Votes: 0

It's much too late to do anything about rock & roll now ... Votes: 0

Blue jeans and Hollywood and rock & roll won the cold war. Votes: 0

I'm a rock-and-roll drummer, so my job is to create chaos. Votes: 0

Hip-hop is rock & roll. What the hell is Wu-Tang but Motorhead? Votes: 0

Rock and roll ain't nothing but jazz with a hard backbeat. Votes: 0

The term "genius" gets used far too loosely in rock & roll. Votes: 0

I'll do a cappella stuff, rock 'n' roll and swing stuff. Votes: 0

I just didn't expect an acoustic version of Rock'n'Roll All Nite. Votes: 0

Rock and roll mainly but I can play passable jazz also. Votes: 0

Give me a mandolin and I'll play you rock 'n' roll. Votes: 0

My dad is a huge rock n' roll lead guitar fan. Votes: 0

Maybe roll in the sand with a rock and roll man. Votes: 0

I wish the rock 'n' roll scene to be back in Votes: 0

Rock n' roll was a kid when I was a kid. Votes: 0

Rock and roll cola wars, I can't take it any more. Votes: 0

Most of modern rock and roll is a product of guilt. Votes: 0

The way I see it, rock n' roll is folk music. Votes: 0

I still believe in rock and roll, it pays my bills. Votes: 0

Rock n' roll is very special to me. It's my lifeblood. Votes: 0

Rock'n'roll will never go away completely because it's so fundamentally attractive. Votes: 0

Leadbelly's guitar is in the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame. Votes: 0

I'm not dissatisfied with my place in it rock 'n' roll. Votes: 0

When rock roll is done with that fervor, it's close to gospel. Votes: 0

I'm no less rock 'n' roll than anyone else, I'm pretty normal. Votes: 0

Don't Be Cruel is the greatest rock 'n' roll record ever made. Votes: 0

Rock & roll is a type of sensuous music unfit for impressionable minds. Votes: 0

I'm old enough to know what music was like before rock & roll. Votes: 0

I wanted to be a rich, famous rock-and-roll star in that order. Votes: 0

Jazz, rock and roll, movies and comics are the culture of America. Votes: 0

Rock 'n roll was born in the South. It's like saying rock-rock. Votes: 0

Graphic design will save the world right after rock and roll does. Votes: 0

Rock and roll might be summed up as monotony tinged with hysteria. Votes: 0

But I'm a rock 'n' roll singer; that's my livelihood, my occupation. Votes: 0

When rock & roll is done with that fervor, it's close to gospel. Votes: 0

I got into rock-and-roll because I wanted the chicks. The Dixie Chicks. Votes: 0

Rock and roll is commitment. Rock and roll is passion and spirit. Votes: 0

Punk [rock] seemed like rock 'n' roll music utterly without the music. Votes: 0

Video games are bad for you? That's what they said about rock-n-roll. Votes: 0

I love good rock'n'roll, blues and jazz, gospel, and a little reggae. Votes: 0

[Prince] could very well be the Duke Ellington of Rock 'n' Roll. Votes: 0

Music, you know, true music not just rock 'n' roll, chooses you. Votes: 0

Back to basics Rock & Roll capturing the beauty and simplicity of punk Votes: 0

I don't find any presidents all that sexy. They're not very rock'n'roll. Votes: 0

Rock 'n' roll can be fun and dangerous at the same time. Votes: 0

There's an edge to real rock 'n' roll. It's all that matters. Votes: 0

Rock and roll has had a powerful anti-Christian subtheme for decades now. Votes: 0

Everyone knows rock n' roll attained perfection in 1974. It's a scientific fact. Votes: 0

A girl can't sing rock & roll too well. It's basically too savage. Votes: 0

Rock and roll is - and should be - a kid's place. Votes: 0

I don t wanna see old people on a rock & roll stage. Votes: 0

I love a vintage look that's also a bit rock n' roll. Votes: 0

Let's face it. Rock and Roll is bigger than all of us Votes: 0

I'm fifty-six years old - I'm as old as rock 'n roll. Votes: 0

The blues had a baby and they called it rock and roll. Votes: 0

How can you have a rock n' roll circus without a midget? Votes: 0

Sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll is easy. True christianity…that's rebellion. Votes: 0

I mean, like, rock n' roll was always about spirit and fun. Votes: 0

Hail, hail rock and roll / Deliver me from the days of old, Votes: 0

I saw rock n' roll future and its name is Bruce Springsteen. Votes: 0

All I want for Christmas is a rock n roll electric guitar... Votes: 0

Find myself a rock and roll band, that needs a helping hand. Votes: 0

I immersed myself in books and rock 'n' roll, the adolescent salvation ... Votes: 0

I think rock & roll has prepared me for a lot of flexibility. Votes: 0

Songwriting is an emotional medium, and rock and roll is an emotional medium. Votes: 0

The release of 'Chinese Democracy' marks a historic moment in rock n' roll. Votes: 0

I'm dealing in rock'n'roll. I'm, like, I'm not a bona fide human being. Votes: 0

I have no intention of dying young and being some stinking rock'n'roll person. Votes: 0

Jesse Stone did more to develop the basic rock-and-roll sound than anybody else. Votes: 0

My encyclopedic knowledge of rock and roll is a millstone around my neck. Votes: 0

Rock'n'roll to me is a rebellion against the sterile pedestal culture of movies. Votes: 0

I think God is the most unexplored territory in rock and roll music. Votes: 0

A lot of kids bought guitars and started playing rock'n'roll because of us. Votes: 0

You have to be kind of sensitive to be in rock and roll. Votes: 0

I don't know which will go first - rock 'n' roll or Christianity. Votes: 0

To me, true rock 'n' roll has a lot of bottom in it. Votes: 0

Survivor is like rock 'n' roll - you can do what you want. Votes: 0

You've got to be hard, like the rock in that old rock & roll. Votes: 0

If you don't own the stage, you shouldn't be in rock n' roll. Votes: 0

It's gotta be rock and roll music, if you wanna dance with me. Votes: 0

I don't like old people on a rock and roll stage. Me included. Votes: 0

Lord please save his soul, he was the king of rock and roll. Votes: 0

God gives us the ability, but rock 'n' roll was created by men. Votes: 0

It would be wonderful if ideas could be the new rock 'n roll Votes: 0

Do you believe in rock 'n roll? Can music save your mortal soul? Votes: 0

If it hadn't been for Jazz, there wouldn't be no rock and roll. Votes: 0

Well, I think we're the greatest rock 'n' roll band in the world. Votes: 0

I'm the greatest rock and roll drummer on the planet and you suck. Votes: 0

The Mekons are the most revolutionary group in the history of rock 'n' roll. Votes: 0

Every rock'n'roll band I know, guys with long hair and tattoos, plays golf now. Votes: 0

No matter what happens in the future, rock and roll will save the world. Votes: 0

It's not some great work of beauty and love to be a rock-and-roll singer. Votes: 0

Rock n' roll seems like it's faded away sometimes, but it will never die. Votes: 0

Rock and roll just used to be for kicks, now a days it's politics. Votes: 0

Where is this great love for rock and roll that existed for 50 or 60 years? Votes: 0

I have always maintained that Iggy Pop is the Heavyweight Champion of Rock & Roll. Votes: 0

I don't think there should be a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, period. Votes: 0

Rock & roll is not about what you play, it's about how you play it. Votes: 0

Boys were a very essential part of rock & roll. The girls were more onlookers. Votes: 0

Rock 'n' roll was two pegs below being a prisoner of war back then. Votes: 0

You can't kill rock and roll without a silver bullet because she's a werewolf. Votes: 0

Rock n roll is for the young idiots, not an old fart like me. Votes: 0

I was 12 in '55 when rock and roll hit. It just completely transformed me. Votes: 0

Link Wray and Gene Vincent.... two of the greatest unknowns of rock 'n' roll. Votes: 0

Rock roll is not obscure, it's really easy to understand. So is my painting. Votes: 0

Everyone talks about rock these days; the problem is they forget about the roll. Votes: 0

I'm an old rock and roll buff. I love Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty. Votes: 0

Rock n' roll is for the young idiots, not an old fart like me. Votes: 0

If you think you are too old to rock 'n roll, then you are. Votes: 0

Your woman pisses you off so that gets in there; that's rock n roll. Votes: 0

You know, your clothes may say disco, but your eyes say rock n roll. Votes: 0

I'm not really a musician. I'm a performer and I love rock 'n' roll. Votes: 0

Classical musicians go to the conservatories, rock´n roll musicians go to the garages. Votes: 0

There's only one true king of rock 'n' roll. His name is Chuck Berry. Votes: 0

I'm inspired by the words: 'electrifying', 'epic', 'minimalistic', 'transcendent', 'timeless' and 'rock n' roll. Votes: 0

You know, technology CEOs like to think of themselves as rock 'n roll stars. Votes: 0

I love rock and roll, so put another dime in the juke box, baby. Votes: 0

The primary one being, like I said, I don't like rock 'n' roll piano. Votes: 0

Michael Anthony is the Diplomat of Rock N Roll. He is the regular guy. Votes: 0

Rock and roll stars have it much better than writers when they're on a tour. Votes: 0

Just because she's leaving, don't start believing, that your rock and roll days are gone. Votes: 0

I can see more naturalness in basic blues, basic R & B, basic rock 'n' roll. Votes: 0

I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock 'n' roll and ex-wives. In that order. Votes: 0

I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock n roll and ex-wives. In that order. Votes: 0

Energy is so important. If you don't have it, don't bother with rock and roll. Votes: 0

I make a living playing rock n' roll. I'm not going to complain about anything. Votes: 0

I invented rock & roll. Jimi Hendrix was my guitar player. James Brown was my vocalist. Votes: 0

Rock stars against drugs--that's what we want, isn't it? Government-approved rock-n-roll? Woo! We're partying now! Votes: 0

Rock and Roll is simply an attitude. You don't have to play the greatest guitar. Votes: 0

I'm inspired by the words: 'electrifying', 'epic', 'minimalistic', 'transcendent', 'timeless' and 'rock n' roll.' Votes: 0

Rock n' roll is about attitude and rebellion. It's supposed to be fun and spontaneous. Votes: 0

I don't know if it's possible to live the rock'n'roll lifestyle and still be romantic. Votes: 0

In rock & roll heaven, there ARE drum solos, but only the drummers can hear them. Votes: 0

Dick Clark really didn't make rock 'n roll safe for America, as many people think. Votes: 0

Peter Townshend shows us it's all right to grow up. There is dignity after rock'n'roll. Votes: 0

Tonight, it's the rock and roll all night and party every day hall of fame Votes: 0

Rock is rock, and, rock and roll, rock is just short for rock and roll. Votes: 0

Rock 'n' roll but I also like sporting events a lot. I love Mike Piazza. Votes: 0

I grew up in a world that told girls they couldn't play rock 'n' roll. Votes: 0

Some days I pray to the God of sex and drums and rock and roll. Votes: 0

Kill Rock Stars allowed me to put out a real genuine rock 'n' roll record. Votes: 0

I think the rock'n'roll myth of living on the edge is a pile of crap. Votes: 0

Rock and roll is a misconception. It should no longer be a term for music. Votes: 0

I've finally tapped into that spirit of self-destruction that makes rock-n-roll the king of music! Votes: 0

If you want to do rock and roll, forget about those who've come after '65. Votes: 0

Rock 'n' roll... but I also like sporting events a lot. I love Mike Piazza. Votes: 0

I like pop, rock n' roll, big band, Broadway - I like all those elements. Votes: 0

Take a dose of rock and roll, and wash it down with cool clear soul. Votes: 0

I don't really remember a whole lot of sex, drugs and rock n' roll, really. Votes: 0

I think rock 'n' roll would become exponentially, considerably more difficult to perform past about 65. Votes: 0

Rock and Roll's got to be like Jack Daniels. You've got to feel it burn. Votes: 0

I thought everybody got into rock 'n' roll because they didn't want to follow instructions. Votes: 0

I love the classic trucker jacket as an icon of rock 'n' roll and rebellion. Votes: 0

Elvis is the king of rock and roll, who made white kids shake there shackle. Votes: 0

Rock n' roll can get quite overwhelming. You can get caught up in the cycle. Votes: 0

Australia is so entrenched in rock n'roll and bands, and that's just the way Australia is. Votes: 0

It is entirely possible to create something totally artificial within the realms of rock and roll. Votes: 0

The motto goes: Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll. I prefer: Love, Hugs and Hip-Hop Soul. Votes: 0

That old rock and roll song, "looking for love in all the wrong places," it's true. Votes: 0

From 1958 to 1964, that's real rock n' roll. Then the Beatles hit and everyone sounded like them. Votes: 0

I've always felt that blues, rock 'n' roll and country are just about a beat apart. Votes: 0

I don't care what anybody says about Ringo. I cut my rock-n-roll teeth listening to him. Votes: 0

Rock'n'roll has to be destroyed and rebuilt in my name if it's ever gonna accomplish anything. Votes: 0

It's so glamorous, you have to see it." (describing the $92 million Rock & Roll Hall of Fame) Votes: 0

Rock & roll is dying. It’s frightening to think about the music scene 20 years from now. Votes: 0

Elvis may have fueled rock & roll's imagery, but Chuck Berry was its heartbeat and original mindset. Votes: 0

Everything they’d been brought up not to do, they could do at a rock-and-roll show. Votes: 0

Everyone should be encouraged...in spiration and artistic freedom is the cornerstone of rock and roll. Votes: 0

I know my ambitions are big, but you've got to have something after rock and roll. Votes: 0

Rock'n'roll is not red carpets and MySpace friends, rock'n'roll is dangerous and should piss people off Votes: 0

You know, you've got to be careful with how you educate your kids in rock'n'roll fashion. Votes: 0

I think I gravitate towards rock 'n' roll as a playground where I can say anything. Votes: 0

To all who pass that they may see, Rock 'N' Roll was a part of me. Votes: 0

The great thing about rock and roll is that someone like me can be a star. Votes: 0

The blues are real important. It's where most of the hard rock n' roll came from. Votes: 0

No one gets teased for being a geek anymore- science is the new rock n roll Votes: 0

There comes a point where it is just undignified to be a rock 'n' roll star. Votes: 0

Rock & roll is not so much a question of electric guitars as it is striped pants. Votes: 0

Im more in love with Rock n Roll today than other things. It grows, you know? Votes: 0

Hot funk, cold punk, even if it's old junk, it's still rock and roll to me. Votes: 0

I don't want to be a playwright, I want to be a rock and roll star. Votes: 0

It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ’n’ Roll) Votes: 0

I like the comfort in knowing that women are the only future in rock and roll. Votes: 0

I like pop music. I consider rock 'n' roll to be a branch of pop music. Votes: 0

I might even end up a rock and roll god, it might turn into a steady job. Votes: 0

There was rock and roll across the dial, when I think of her it makes me smile. Votes: 0

We just get up there and play rock-and-roll music, man. Everybody sweats and has a good time. Votes: 0

So I will go as far as I can into rock and roll carrying my Christian banner. Votes: 0

I don't want to see old people doing rap or rock and roll. It makes me cringe. Votes: 0

Being in a rock n' roll and pop world, it's very easy to act like a kid. Votes: 0

Definitely Muddy Waters has been a prime influence for anybody who's ever done anything rock 'n' roll. Votes: 0

I always wrote like rock 'n' roll. And I always listen to rock 'n' roll as poetry. Votes: 0

It's better for me to play with guys because Rock 'n' Roll has such an aggressive attitude Votes: 0

I never said I was the King Of Rock'n' Roll. I said simply that I'm the best Votes: 0

I know your mama she don't like me, cause I play in a rock and roll band. Votes: 0

So yeah, I play the piano for most of the show, but I like rock and roll Votes: 0

It's better for me to play with guys because Rock 'n' Roll has such an aggressive attitude. Votes: 0

Rock 'n' Roll might not solve your problems, but it does let you dance all over them Votes: 0

Hip-hop took some lessons from rock 'n' roll, and rock 'n' roll took some lessons from hip-hop. Votes: 0

The world that I come from is the world of raves, hip-hop clubs, and rock and roll. Votes: 0

I just know that, right now, ... the biggest record selling business there is is rock and roll. Votes: 0

Back in Chicago, all we cared about was rock 'n' roll and staying out of the army. Votes: 0

One thing about Texas people, they're very passionate about their Rock N' Roll, and I love it. Votes: 0

Rock & roll is dying because people became OK with Nickelback being the biggest band in the world, Votes: 0

There's a whole split personality thing of being a farm girl and a rock and roll girl. Votes: 0

I'm just a guitarist in a kick-ass rock and roll band. What more could I ask for? Votes: 0

I've been playing rock and roll since I was 16 years old, and now I have a 16-year-old. Votes: 0

For me, it's more about keeping it simple with a rock and roll edge. It's all about accessorising. Votes: 0

I am the architect of rock n' roll. I have to be a fan of all its forms. Votes: 0

We're more popular than Jesus now; I don't know which will go first, rock 'n' roll or Christianity. Votes: 0

I started recording the album four years ago. It was very different then - totally rock and roll. Votes: 0

We put all these things together into a tangible product that is The Rock N' Roll Mystery Tour. Votes: 0

T-shirt and jeans style now is where I'm at. Maybe a little rock 'n' roll T-shirt and jeans. Votes: 0

Rock n' roll is dying because people became OK with Nickelback being the biggest band in the world. Votes: 0

Rock and Roll has no beginning and no end for it is the very pulse of life itself. Votes: 0

Rock and roll doesn't allow you to grow up - especially if you're not trying very hard to. Votes: 0

All the songs we do are basically about one of three things: booze, sex or rock n roll. Votes: 0

The purpose of rock n' roll is to convince girls to pay money to get close to you. Votes: 0

I never went to rock concerts when I was a kid. I didn't see any rock & roll bands. Votes: 0

I got my hush puppies on. I guess I never was made meant for glitter rock and roll. Votes: 0

There was a time I thought I couldn't enjoy rock 'n' roll unless I had heroin in me Votes: 0

If you really want to annoy me, ask me when I'm going to retire from rock n' roll. Votes: 0

Rock and Roll has no beginning and no end for it is the very pulse of life itself. Votes: 0

You are most certainly the inspiration for all of today's rock 'n' roll guitarists. Your music is timeless. Votes: 0

My mom loved rock 'n roll. My father hated it. We couldn't play it when he was around. Votes: 0

That's what Tina Turner did, too - sang blues up-tempo - and they called it rock 'n' roll. Votes: 0

It turns out a lot of people don't get it. Wikipedia is like rock'n'roll; it's a cultural shift. Votes: 0

If you don't have sex and you don't do drugs, your rock 'n' roll better be awfully good. Votes: 0

I didn't come here to run for President. I really just came here to play rock and roll. Votes: 0

Now the old boy may be barely breathing, but the heart of rock and roll is still beating. Votes: 0

The most exciting rock 'n' roll band of the last 50 years who are still on the road today Votes: 0

Rock n' roll seems to have changed society much more than any politician, I think it really has. Votes: 0

I lived out my little rock'n'roll fantasy, I just wish I hadn't gotten into so much trouble for it. Votes: 0

Rock and roll music - the music of freedom frightens people and unleashes all manner of conservative defense mechanisms. Votes: 0

I don't think there's any such thing as rock n' roll anymore - it's an amalgamation of business interests. Votes: 0

We're here to re-dedicate you to The Power, The Passion, The Mystery, and The Ministry of Rock and Roll. Votes: 0

There is absolutely no doubt that the extraordinary Donna Summer belongs in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Votes: 0

Rock 'n Roll: The most brutal, ugly, desperate, vicious form of expression it has been my misfortune to hear. Votes: 0

Rock & roll is like a painting. Can great paintings still be done? It depends on who holds the brush. Votes: 0

There would be no rock and roll or rhythm and blues without Leo Fenders' contribution ... the tone is everything Votes: 0

I was never that big a rock-and-roll, rock guy. I really preferred jazz, you know, that kind of thing. Votes: 0

I wouldn't say rock & roll is dead but the current music made by young people isn't really rock & roll. Votes: 0

Why there aren't people out there willing to have fun playing rock 'n' roll. I just don't get it. Votes: 0

Buddy Holly and the early rock 'n' roll was no lighter than the way I play. It's very minimal. Votes: 0

When I'm not filming, I do rock n' roll; when I'm not doing rock n' roll, I do filming. Votes: 0

We were on the cover of Women's Wear Daily, which was hardly rock 'n' roll, but it pleased me. Votes: 0

I'm very fit on tour. I try to eat well, try to sleep. But it's still rock n' roll. Votes: 0

Sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll... take out the drugs and you've got more time for the other two. Votes: 0

I wanted to make an image for myself as an outlaw type. A kind of rock 'n' roll sensibility. Votes: 0

To fill the shoes of rock 'n' roll, because of the family I have, is a really hard thing. Votes: 0

Rock n' roll to me is all about freedom of thought and to be whatever you want to be. Votes: 0

Yeah, I don't like, um, I'm not interested in rock 'n' roll piano. I find it a little grating. Votes: 0

I love classic rock, rock and roll, that's the top notch. I love soul - bluesy music as well. Votes: 0

I was always fascinated with rock 'n' roll, or girls, or something like that when I was a kid. Votes: 0

The Telecaster doesn't really sound that good for the kind of rock and roll that a lot of people played. Votes: 0

I love to rock 'n roll. But my finest suit, of all the things I do, is as a songwriter. Votes: 0

I prefer a three-piece suit myself. Very sixties rock and roll. But they're not too quirky. Businessmen could wear them. Votes: 0

Everyone in rock 'n roll including myself was touched by Elvis's spirit, I was, and always will be a fan. Votes: 0

Rock and roll is a nuclear blast of reality in a mundane world where no-one is allowed to be magnificent. Votes: 0

My music isn't anything but me. It has jazz in it, and rock'n'roll, and it has an urgency to it. Votes: 0

My generation had the best years. We missed the Second World War and caught the outburst of rock 'n' roll. Votes: 0

If I had my way, I would have sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll at least 4-6 hours a day. Votes: 0

Anyone who tells you they got into rock'n'roll for reasons other than girls, fame and money is full of s***. Votes: 0

I'm not really into vinyl. There's something about that raw, birth of rock and roll feel that makes me crazy. Votes: 0

I think it's important that all 50 years of rock 'n' roll live in the same place, because it's all connected. Votes: 0

What changed our lives forever was when Malcolm had the idea to sell rock 'n roll records to trendy customers. Votes: 0

I hate the solo artist aspect of rock-'n'-roll. I don't have enough personality or charisma to be a solo star. Votes: 0

Writing songs, that's what gets me going. Not the drugs or the sex or the rock'n'roll behaviour, it's the music. Votes: 0

I can't tell you what I had for breakfast, but I can sing every single word of rock and roll Votes: 0

My music was too religious for the rock and roll stores and too rock and roll for the religious stores. Votes: 0

I think hip-hop has more to do with rock and roll. Kanye West is, in many ways, a rock artist. Votes: 0

Rock n' roll unchained a nation and revolutionized radio and the record industry, not to mention the motion picture business. Votes: 0

Biggest lesson I've ever had in life is that blues had a baby and they named it rock 'n' roll. Votes: 0

It's a big shame, because 'Trixter' in my mind were what a real rock n' roll band is all about. Votes: 0

The cutthroat avenues of rock 'n' roll, I am fed up with. I don't want anything to do with it. Votes: 0

I am the innovator. I am the originator. I am the emancipator. I am the architect of rock 'n' roll! Votes: 0

I can't tell you what I had for breakfast, but I can sing every single word of rock and roll. Votes: 0

We thought that's the way you were supposed to be if you were in a rock 'n' roll band. Flamboyant. Votes: 0

Fact is we went on to do other things. But we still wanted to do our success like rock'n'roll stars. Votes: 0

The Clash were a major influence on my own music. They were the best rock 'n' roll band. Thanks, Joe. Votes: 0

I get confused between the rock and roll thing and my movie star thing... We're f - -ing movie stars. Votes: 0

I don't want to name names, but the least I can say about rock and roll is that I'm suspicious. Votes: 0

Rock and roll isn't a career or hobby - it's a life force ... it's just something I have to do. Votes: 0

I did like hanging out with all the rock'n'roll boys - it was fun but all those relationships didn't work out. Votes: 0

The great moments of rock 'n' roll were never off in some corner of the music world, in a self-constructed ghetto. Votes: 0

Rock n' roll is not just a fashion statement; it is the attitude, and it has a political posturing as well. Votes: 0

I don't have a computer. I am the Luddite of rock'n'roll, I don't have a portable phone. I write things down. Votes: 0

The great thing about rock-n-roll is you realize the top of the mountain is big enough for more than one band. Votes: 0

Videos destroyed the vitality of rock and roll. Before that, music said, "Listen to me." Now it says, "Look at me." Votes: 0

By the time I was 13, I was the only one in London, Ontario, who knew how to play rock n' roll. Votes: 0

I love Chloe Sevigny's style - the way she manages to add a touch of rock n' roll to every look. Votes: 0

Most comics worship music on some level. It's more rock-n-roll to get up there for an hour and make people laugh. Votes: 0

If you want to put your rock 'n' roll into mythology, [ A Period of Transition ] is from the Daddy Cool school. Votes: 0

I'm sure that if Plato hadn't been against music with a strong sexual beat, Bloom would have kept quiet about rock-and-roll. Votes: 0

The ability for a woman to orally satisfy somebody in a rock band, that's important to a rock 'n' roll musician. Votes: 0

The stage show is, in some sense, highly theatrical. It's definitely not just a band in jeans playing rock and roll. Votes: 0

This is still a young man's game, so we have to stay young. Music allows you to do that, especially rock'n'roll. Votes: 0

Detroit was kind of a random thing where it was like a chance to be in a rock 'n' roll movie. Votes: 0

I'm not terribly happy about rock and roll. Certain rock music is uninspiring, numbing; it makes you feel like an idiot. Votes: 0

Rock 'n' roll is good for the soul, for the well being, for the psyche, for your everything. I love it. Votes: 0

I'm a rock 'n' roll guy, really. I'm a big fan of Elvis. I got "Heartbreak Hotel" tattooed on my chest. Votes: 0

I think my chances of getting into the Rock 'N' Roll Hall Of Fame are about as good as Milli Vanilli's. Votes: 0

I wanted to be a rock 'n' roll star. It defines life for me. It's all I've ever imagined for myself. Votes: 0

A lot of people call me the architect of rock & roll. I don't call myself that, but I believe it's true. Votes: 0

If rock-and-roll is well done, there's nothing so terribly wrong with that kind of music. But the lyrics are another story. Votes: 0

Good fashion for me is like rock ‘n’ roll – there’s always a little rebellion in it. Votes: 0

I'm 33...before AC/DC I've played in a lot of bands in Australia. You're never too old to rock and roll. Votes: 0

A lot of [my] songs have a sexuality to them, a vibe to them. ... I call it sexy rock and roll. Votes: 0

All any girl really wants is just love and a man. But what man can put up with a rock-n-roll star? Votes: 0

Rock 'n' roll will never die. There'll always be some arrogant little brat who wants to make music with a guitar. Votes: 0

We culture. Rap is the new rock 'n roll. We the rockstars. It's been like that for a minute, Hedi Slimane! Votes: 0

Marijuana is to rock and roll what beer is to baseball, so imagine if they took away beer at the ballgame. Votes: 0

You should know the lines, be prepared, get sleep, and have the script analyzed so you're ready to rock and roll. Votes: 0

I have a bigger mission than any kind of specific politics, which is trying to restore the accessibility of rock 'n' roll. Votes: 0

I think of rock 'n' roll as a combination of country blues and swing band music, not Chicago blues, and modern pop. Votes: 0

Being a rock & roll star has become as legitimate a career option as being an astronaut or a policeman or a fireman. Votes: 0

There's no place in the world you can go and not hear rock-and-roll, from Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder to Phil Collins. Votes: 0

Hopefully I'm bringing to rock n' roll the kind of spontaneity that I love, and always believed rock and roll stands for. Votes: 0

I thought of nothing else but rock 'n' roll; apart from sex and food and money--but that's all the same thing, really. Votes: 0

I've never stuck around long enough to know if anyone would miss me. That's rock 'n' roll, though. Here today, gone tomorrow. Votes: 0

Leaving stage with a bloody scalp, it's rock & roll, I guess, but I want some hair at the end of the tour. Votes: 0

I'm not a big fan of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It's just a personal thing, not an ego thing. Votes: 0

Give me the beat, boys, and free my soul. I want to get lost in the rock and roll, and drift away. Votes: 0

I have never been accepted. I'll never make the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They're never going to let me in. Votes: 0

I gave up rock 'n' roll for the rock of ages! I used to be a glaring homosexual until God changed me! Votes: 0

What I see in a lot of music movies, or rock 'n' roll movies, that feature a band is that they're lip-synching. Votes: 0

I wasn't in a lot of rock and roll bands. I was in jug bands and things when I was in school. Votes: 0

I don't think you can live as long as I have in rock n' roll and not take a few hard knocks. Votes: 0

The life of a rock & roll band will last as long as you can look down into the audience and see yourself. Votes: 0

Every 15, 20, 25 years, a new rock and roll record needs to come out and a new rock and roll band needs to come out. Votes: 0

Nostalgia is the bane of rock 'n' roll. He had the courage to let it all hang out. ... He was a considerable talent. Votes: 0

We are looking at these rock 'n' roll campers, and we know what is going on in their minds because we've been there. Votes: 0

I can't really dress rock 'n' roll any more because I'm the wrong side of 40, but I want that to be the fashion. Votes: 0

Maybe rock 'n' roll isn't music. Maybe people just need to be reminded that the world ain't the way they think it is. Votes: 0

Anyone who says rock 'n' roll is a passing fad or a flash-in-the-pan trend along the music road has rocks in the head. Votes: 0

I see the crowd singing 'Rock 'N Roll' or 'Back Road' at my concerts... they are anthems and they lift up your life. Votes: 0

A live performance is the same no matter what genre it is. Wrestling, rock 'n roll, hosting, acting - it's the same thing. Votes: 0

Rock Band is more like Stairmaster than it is like rock 'n' roll - it's the same steps with different degrees of difficulty. Votes: 0

Playing live is a lot of fun. You get one shot, ... But at the end of the day, it's all rock 'n' roll. Votes: 0

Some people think I'm a rock 'n' roll musician and some think I'm a jazz musician but, for me, there is no difference. Votes: 0

Most managers in the rock n' roll world... don't care so much about who's in the band as long as it's making money. Votes: 0

The way I see it, rock & roll is folk music. Street music. It isn't taught in school. It has to be picked up. Votes: 0

Rock n Roll Animal, the live album, is one of the greatest live albums out there. It was a huge influence on me. Votes: 0

You might be a rock and roll addict prancing on the stage. You might have drugs at your command, women in a cage. Votes: 0

At heart I cannot accept that I am a well-known rock 'n' roll star and one of the greatest drummers in the world. Votes: 0

Most people get into bands for three very simple rock and roll reasons: to get laid, to get fame, and to get rich. Votes: 0

In a lot of ways I think food is starting to take the place in culture that rock and roll took 30 years ago. Votes: 0

But most of all, the train that kept rollin' all night long of rock n' roll you cannot kill. It will live forever. Votes: 0

I love what Alabama Shakes is doing - it's kind of like what grunge did to rock 'n' roll, they're doing to R&B. Votes: 0

I grew up in the 1950s at the beginning of rock n' roll, and would strum a tennis racket in front of the mirror. Votes: 0

From this moment on I'd dedicate my life to rock and roll and take as many drugs as possible. What could possibly go wrong? Votes: 0

I think Lady Gaga is great and is changing pop music and bringing back a certain rock 'n' roll spirit, swagger to the game. Votes: 0

I have a saying, which is, 'Crazy is good for business.' I think rock and roll really is about being a bit crazy. Votes: 0

I took some important things with me from sports. Rock and roll is a team sport. You're only as good as your weakest link. Votes: 0

Any time you play your horn, it helps you. If you get down, you can help yourself even in a rock 'n' roll band. Votes: 0

I had never done TV. I think it's a foolish medium for, most rock 'n roll music. Nobody ever comes off well on TV. Votes: 0

Some guy said to me: Don't you think you're too old to sing rock n' roll? I said: You'd better check with Mick Jagger. Votes: 0

I had no kind of work ethic and I always felt that music - especially rock 'n' roll - was a more for boys. Votes: 0

I wanted to be a lead singer in a band. I can't sing. I'm almost tone deaf. I still play. Next life, rock'n'roll for sure. Votes: 0

Being in a rock n' roll band was like being in a Sherman tank. Nothing got to you. You were surrounded and protected by men. Votes: 0

You're not a rock 'n' roll person four hours a day or even when you're on stage. It's become the rhythm of your whole life. Votes: 0

I'd try to write my poems in a certain rhythm. I had my rock 'n' roll stuff for performing and my denser stuff for writing. Votes: 0

Some say it's too country, some say it's too rock n' roll. But it's just good music if you can feel it in your soul. Votes: 0

I once asked [John] Lennon what he thought of what I do. He said 'it's great, but its just rock and roll with lipstick on'. Votes: 0

Every time I bought a Rock and Roll record, I bought a classical record at the same time. I like each as well as the other. Votes: 0

I think a lot of people came into rock n' roll to try to change the world. I came into rock n' roll to make music. Votes: 0

As I said to Ringo, I was in a successful Rock N Roll band. He was in a band that changed the world. That's the difference. Votes: 0

The Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame was a great idea when it started, but I think they ought to close it, I think it's full. Votes: 0

A rock'n'roll band needs to be able to get under people's skin. You should be able to clear the room at the drop of a hat. Votes: 0

I'm a hard man to fight and an easy man to please... A Rock n' Roll Outlaw on a Sweet Romance.. I Want To Be Your Man. Votes: 0

The guy who could be me, but he knows when to draw the line, is John Cena. John Cena can rock 'n' roll, let me tell you. Votes: 0

I heard guys say they got into rock and roll to pick up women. I didn't get into rock to pick up women, but I sure adapted. Votes: 0

In pop music, you say, 'You can do what you want to me.' Rock 'n' roll says, 'I'm gonna do what I want to you.' Votes: 0

I play Rock 'n' Roll, that's what I do. Votes: 0

Rock 'n' roll is much easier if you're white Votes: 0

Rock 'n' roll is much easier if you're white. Votes: 0

Detroit: Cars and rock 'n' roll. Not a bad combo. Votes: 0

I got into rock and roll to piss my parents off and the establishment around me. Votes: 0

The spirit of rock 'n' roll is alive and well. It kind of just needs to be cultivated a little bit. Votes: 0