Quotes about Rock-and-roll

I wanted to be a rich, famous rock-and-roll star in that order. Votes: 1

Jesse Stone did more to develop the basic rock-and-roll sound than anybody else. Votes: 1

It's not some great work of beauty and love to be a rock-and-roll singer. Votes: 1

We just get up there and play rock-and-roll music, man. Everybody sweats and has a good time. Votes: 1

Men make angry music and it's called rock-and-roll; women include anger in their vocabulary and suddenly they're angry and militant. Votes: 1

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: 1

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: 1

People assume that because I was brought up on Rolling Stones tours, and my father is who he is, I'm some kind of rock-and-roll bad girl. Votes: 1

I think that I recall the nostalgic '50s: the start of early television and rock-and-roll, and I think everything seemed to get very generic. Not much has changed. Votes: 1

A lot of people ask me why I don't expand and explore other musical areas, but I like the plain three- and four-chord rock-and-roll that I call the the semi-blues. Votes: 1

Some men look great unshaven; others just look like they forgot to shave. Beards and mustaches can be really distinctive if you go for an earthy, rock-and-roll look like the Kings of Leon or the Killers. Votes: 1

My first real writing job was at 'Rolling Stone,' so I wrote about rock-and-roll and politics and the like. At the time, I really didn't know what I wanted to write, and I did a bunch of investigative journalism. Votes: 1

Yugoslavia was a kind of superpower. Great movies. Beautiful novels. Great rock-and-roll. We became a superpower in basketball. The problem is that people needed to identify more strongly with it after Tito and his awful, tricky way of leading the country. Votes: 1

When you're young, with less on the line, it's easier to be audacious, to experiment. So I introduced the concerns of my generation - politics, sex, drugs, rock-and-roll, etc. - to the comics page, which for many years caused a rolling furor. Votes: 1

If you were to ask me, 'What the hell does a musician have in common with a restaurant?' I would say a huge amount. It's show time every day, it's a team of people, like, running a circus, which is running a rock-and-roll band. Votes: 1

I grew up with the Woodstock generation. I went to Woodstock, and like everybody in my school, I wanted to be in a rock-and-roll band, and most of us were. But I also grew up with a lot of piano lessons and a lot of classical music training. Votes: 1

I'm a huge fan of Canadian rock-and-roll. When I was growing up, Rush came out with a record called Hemispheres, and I must have listened to that record for two years straight. Even when I was asleep I had it on. So, yeah, whenever I hear a Rush tune, the first thing I think of is Toronto. Votes: 1

It's Only Rock and Roll. Votes: 0

Peace Love Rock and Roll!!! Votes: 0

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

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

Rock and roll is my religion. Votes: 0

Rock and Roll is instant coffee. Votes: 0

All rock and roll is homosexual. Votes: 0

Rock and roll is the new pornography. Votes: 0

I love old school rock and roll. Votes: 0

Sex and drugs and rock and roll. Votes: 0

Rock and roll is here to stay. Votes: 0

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

Rock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards. Votes: 0

I soaked my soul in Rock and Roll Votes: 0

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I'm not so rock and roll. I'm more techno. Votes: 0

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

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

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

Rock and roll has probably given more than it's taken. Votes: 0

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

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

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

Hey, hey, my, my, rock and roll will never die. Votes: 0

Rock and roll is the hamburger that ate the world. Votes: 0

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Prince presented us at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Votes: 0

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

If it's illegal to rock and roll, throw my ass in jail! Votes: 0

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Elvis may be the King of Rock and Roll, but I am the Queen. Votes: 0

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

You can't have rock and roll without drugs, you can't have rock and roll without sex. Votes: 0

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

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

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

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

If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'. Votes: 0

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The rock and roll business is pretty absurd, but the world of serious music is much worse. Votes: 0

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I don't know how much more expressive you can get than being a rock and roll singer. Votes: 0

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

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

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

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

Rock and roll is a contact sport. I enjoy playing the tunes that really get the people going. Votes: 0

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

Rock and roll doesn't allow you to grow up - especially if you're not trying very hard to. 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 has no beginning and no end for it is the very pulse of life itself. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

You see, rock and roll isn't a career or hobby - it's a life force. It's something very essential. Votes: 0

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

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

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

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

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

No rock and roll ensemble, however inspired, can deliver the kind of musical variety obtainable with the resources of 110 instruments. 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

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

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

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

My generation had the best years. We missed the Second World War and caught the outburst of rock 'n' roll. 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 get confused between the rock and roll thing and my movie star thing... We're f - -ing movie stars. 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 can't tell you what I had for breakfast, but I can sing every single word of rock and roll. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ian Gillan, Roger Glover and I wanted to be a hard rock band - we wanted to play rock and roll only. Votes: 0

Sports is like rock 'n' roll. Both are dominant cultural forces, both speak an international language, and both are all about emotions. Votes: 0

In the beginning of rock n' roll, there was always innovation. Artists were always trying to do something new and something different. 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

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

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: 0

I discovered rock'n'roll. You could go round Europe in a van with your best mates, drinking beer, smoking dope and screwing chicks. 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

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

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'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

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

Rock and roll is catching on all over . . . France . . . England . . . They even have it in Japan, only over there they call it judo. Votes: 0

I come in with this rock 'n' roll-oriented music, and it's not black enough . . . I've always had to deal with this black-white thing. Votes: 0

All these kids who are growing up on Skrillex and all this digital music- what are they gonna think when they hear rock'n'roll? Votes: 0

Well all of Chuck's children are out there playing his licks, get into your kicks. Come back baby, rock and roll never forgets. Votes: 0

. . . rock and roll, as I see it, is the ultimate populist art form, democracy in action, because it's true: anybody can do it. Votes: 0

If there was no black man there would be no Rock'n'Roll. The beat, the rhythms of Africa are what created Rock'n'Roll and Jazz. Votes: 0

Places like Belgium and the south of France, Sweden and Copenhagen are really alive. They really love rock 'n' roll, they really respond. Votes: 0

Women play cellos and violins in symphony orchestras. They're playing Beethoven and Bach. What do you mean they can't play rock and roll? 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

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

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

I can't read music. That's not where I come from musically. I come strictly from feeling, and that feeling comes from rock & roll. 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

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

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

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

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

The '60s are gone, dope will never be as cheap, sex never as free, and the rock and roll never as great. Votes: 0

Sex, drugs, and rock and roll is all my brain and body need. Sex, drugs, and rock and roll is very good indeed. Votes: 0

There's room for everyone. There's room for pop country, for 'rock & roll' country, for stone-cold country, and everything in-between. Great music is great music. Votes: 0

I use rock and jazz and blues rhythms because I love that music. I hope my poetry has a relationship with good-time rock'n roll. 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

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 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

Initially, electronic music was anti-establishment, as punk rock and rock n' roll were. The music was shut down; the police were against the parties. 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

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 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

Rock and Roll adolescent hoodlums storm the streets of all nations. They rush into the Louvre and throw acid in the Mona Lisa's face. Votes: 0

Rock has always been THE DEVIL'S MUSIC . . . I believe rock and roll is dangerous . . . I feel we're only heralding SOMETHING EVEN DARKER THAN OURSELVES. Votes: 0

Rock and roll seems to have had a mellowing in the business where it got harder to sell individual records and make money doing that. Votes: 0

The female rock-'n'-roll-country-pop songwriter is back, and her name is Taylor Swift. And it's women like her who are going to save the music business. Votes: 0

I remember Mitch Miller saying every week, This rock and roll stuff will never last. But one doesn't like to bring that up to Mitch. Votes: 0

Rock and roll came into my life when I was about 12, 13, when Little Richard and Chuck Berry had just started hitting the shores of England. Votes: 0

Rock 'n' roll started to make so much money and generated so much income for the record companies that suddenly it was no longer evil. Votes: 0

We had incense and rock'n'roll posters, and we sold records and rolling papers. People could just, like, hang out. We had a cool vibe going. Votes: 0

Everybody started calling my music rock and roll, but it wasn't anything but the same rhythm and blues I'd been playing down in New Orleans. Votes: 0

Most people don't listen to classical music at all, but to rock-and-roll or hillbilly songs or some album named Music To Listen To Music By... Votes: 0

My all-time favorite rock and roll players were Scotty Moore, Chuck Berry and Franny Beecher, and I listened to the country playing of Merle Travis. Votes: 0

Rock'n'roll as a genre is different from pop and hip hop: it is about bands, and that for me suggests brotherhood, family, friendship and community. Votes: 0

We know that drugs, sex and rock and roll stimulates something called dopamine in the brain. So do videogames. Dopamine is something that we crave. Votes: 0

What really is wild about rock 'n' roll? Nothing. It's so banal and so part of corporate culture. It threatens to lose all its life. Votes: 0

Rock and roll is about having a good time, so no matter where you are right now blast some music and forget about lifes problems. Votes: 0

I am always the Baywatch girl at heart. The rock 'n' roll got harder and softer but I wouldn't give up those times for anything. Votes: 0

It's got big riffs and really it's a rock and roll album. I think Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver fans will relate to that Votes: 0

I love to sing big rock and roll songs; I love to sing country-pop stuff, and then I love to sing soft, sadder beautiful songs. 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

I don't really inject the rock 'n' roll thing, what I take from rock 'n' roll is probably the melodies and the musical behind it. 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

I like to think I have quite a few different styles - sometimes it's a bit rock n' roll, other times more girly and feminine. Votes: 0

Rock 'n' roll is a participatory sport. It ain't passive. It ain't TV. Go out there and rock 'n' roll and dance and have fun. 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

You can fool some of the people part of the time in a rock and roll song, fifty million Elvis Presley fans can't be all wrong. Votes: 0

Growing up, I never listened to English music. I was more into Motown, as well as early rock n' roll like Chuck Berry and Little Richard. Votes: 0

My existence is about making movies, so I've just got to rock and roll with the punches. You want to make movies on telephones, I'm there. Votes: 0

I grew up listening to blues and rock 'n' roll and other music, but, legitimately, the Stones is one of my favorite bands in the world. Votes: 0

Frank [Zappa]'s music was never for the mass audience. His music contains specific kinds of information that you won't find elsewhere in rock and roll. Votes: 0

There's a hell of a lot of freedom in this rock and roll circus... it's where all the freaks go - it's the environment for me. Votes: 0

The road of rock and roll (much like life) is littered with broken dreams and death. And it's our job to overcome these and to survive. Votes: 0

Rock and roll was something to fall back on. If I had my choice, I'd be Jerry Rice and I'd be playing until I was forty-five. Votes: 0

I've always loved the rock & roll element to live shows, because whatever else I do, I'm basically a rock/pop performer, and that's what I like. 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 there's nothing better than seeing a three-chord straight up rock 'n' roll band in your face with sweaty music and three minute good songs. Votes: 0

Nashville may be famed for its country music, but this may well be the capital of rock and roll music in the United States of America. Votes: 0

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: 0

Rock and Roll is still asking people like me to live up to the old guard's concept of what success is but it doesn't mean anything. Votes: 0

Michael Jackson was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It caused quite a controversy, because his nose isn't eligible for another fifteen years. Votes: 0

Drugs and sex go hand in hand when you're a rock and roll musician. Whereas if I were a violinist, it might be a little different. Votes: 0

The Lynburns built this town on their blood and bones." "That was their first mistake," Jared said. "They should've built a city on rock and roll. Votes: 0

Rock n roll is what I would die for, but I love music and I love exploring, taking the challenge of playing, writing or singing... or producing. Votes: 0

Rock'n'roll starts between the legs and goes through the heart, then to the head. As long as it does those three things, it's a great rock song. Votes: 0

I was born at the beginning of rock and roll. I got to experience the entire evolution of popular rock and roll music even before it started. Votes: 0

There's always gonna be rock n' roll bands, there's always gonna be kids that love rock n' roll records, and there will always be rock n' roll. 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

When buying a used car, punch the buttons on the radio. If all the stations are rock and roll, there's a good chance the transmission is shot. Votes: 0

I'm doing a little freelance work, and I think everybody's trying to take their minds off rock and roll for a little while and get some perspective. Votes: 0

I've always played every amp I've ever had full up, because rock and roll is supposed to be played loud. Also, that's how you get your sustain. 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

I left rock and roll professionally at about 49. That's too long as far as I'm concerned. Some people can do it; it depends on what you were. Votes: 0

It was cool at the rock camp - girls could just be themselves and they could be silly, they could roll around on the floor playing guitar. Votes: 0

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: 0

When the first list was being drawn up in the rock and roll book of Genesis, it would have been: In the beginning, God created Pink Floyd. Votes: 0

I was musically baptized by the black founding fathers of rock-and-roll, and like all real music lovers, the music changed, enriched, upgraded and fortified our lives forever. Votes: 0

When the Beatles cut old rock n' roll, they were recording music still in their performing repertoire, and besides, they never thought of the music as old. Votes: 0

People say that rock 'n' roll is dead, and I am making it my mission to resurrect it. I have rock 'n' roll pumping through my veins. Votes: 0

When he feels the world is closing in, he turns his stereo way up high. He just spends his life, living in a rock and roll fantasy. Votes: 0

My body is the rock and roll temple and my flesh, blood and body fluids are a communion to the people whether they like it or not Votes: 0

There is very little genuine rock and roll out there at the moment - but Steve Conte has hit the nail on the head with this one! Votes: 0

No matter how long you play rock n roll songs might change just as the balls are there, the rock balls. And that's what's important to us. Votes: 0

Woodstock was not about sex, drugs, and rock and roll. It was about spirituality, about love, about sharing, about helping each other, living in peace and harmony. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

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: 0

I did the rock 'n roll-pop cliche of getting burnt out. I'm not the first person that happened to, and I'm sure I won't be the last. Votes: 0

Rock n' roll as a genre is different from pop and hip hop: it is about bands, and that for me suggests brotherhood, family, friendship and community. Votes: 0

What they teach you in school doesn't prepare you for life. Textbooks don't compare to living in the real world. Rock and roll teaches you how to live. Votes: 0

When the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame decided to open up the voting beyond their inner circle, to the actual fans, that's when I think everything changed. Votes: 0

I played Big Band jazz music. I wasn't into rock and roll. I was just there because it was a living. I surprised everyone. I'm still surprising people. Votes: 0

My defenses were so great. The cocky rock and roll hero who knows all the answers was actually a terrified guy who didn't know how to cry. Simple. Votes: 0

You got to realize that the vision, the image, according to 1964 U.S. rock and roll standards, was mohair suit and tie, and nicey-nicey ol' boy next door. Votes: 0

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: 0

I loved everything that went with rock n' roll. I loved being at the heart of such creativity and being young in such a stimulating and exciting era. Votes: 0

There's a young man in a T-shirt listening to a rock and roll station. He's got greasy hair, greasy smile, he says, Lord this must be my destination. Votes: 0

My dad is a huge rock and roll lead guitar fan. I didn't even really know that until recently. Everything has to have a guitar solo in it. Votes: 0

IT'S A LITTLE HARD FOR ME TO STAND BEHIND THE WALLS OF THE GREAT MANSION AND PLAY ROCK AND ROLL STAR. I FEEL THE NEED TO GIVE BACK. Votes: 0

I didn't really listen to rock 'n' roll until I moved to LA. We would ditch school, go get high, put on Zeppelin IV and just bug out. Votes: 0

This is the rock 'n' roll life, and you had to invent it as you went along. There was no textbook to say how you operate this machinery. Votes: 0

I'm not much of a political person and even if I was, look, Rock 'n' Roll is supposed to be fun and sexy and a little bit dangerous. Votes: 0

Tonight I am going to defecate on stage because I think that is the only way to express the nature of my soul according to rock and roll. Votes: 0

I tried to stick with what I knew best, which is writing rock n' roll songs and melodies. I am as passionate as I was when I was 20. Votes: 0

I'm an out and out basic man and AC/DC are one of the best rock'n'roll bands in the world, doing things just to the basics, you know. Votes: 0

Rap is the new rock 'n' roll. We the real rock stars, and I'm the biggest of all of them. I'm the No. 1 rock star on the planet. Votes: 0

I grew up mostly with classical, big band, and a lot of Irish music - I really didn't start listening to rock and roll until I was maybe sixteen. Votes: 0

I think opera music is very conservative, and Rock and Roll music is conservative as well, and that's why I'm trying to make a bridge between these two elements. Votes: 0

Rock is gut level and it just gets to people. I think there's far too much emphasis on intellectualization, especially in rock 'n' roll which is a primitive form. Votes: 0

When you get into rock 'n' roll myths, like that Rod Stewart blew his whole band and had to get his stomach pumped, it's ridiculous, but everyone's heard it. Votes: 0

It was a source of shame for my family that I was in rock and roll, which is so blue-collar. It just isn't done. And I felt it, too. Votes: 0

A more important reason is that the bands will intuitively trust someone they think is a peer, and who speaks fondly of the same formative rock and roll experiences. Votes: 0

If your album sells, that's cool, more people find out about you, more people get turned on to what we're really about-which is a live rock and roll band. Votes: 0

The Beatles changed music forever. They took rock n' roll from a medium that was about cars and girls and gave it context, interesting chord changes and true musicianship. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

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: 0

If you want break it down, rock and roll is about saying what you can't say in normal life to girls, so you have to say it in songs. Votes: 0

I love rock and roll. Sometimes I feel like I was born in the wrong decade because I love Led Zeppelin and Jimi Hendrix and... those are my bands. Votes: 0

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: 0

In the early '70s, I started to feel like Philadelphia soul was the black-sheep brother of rock and roll. I decided to try to get away from it. Votes: 0

If I write songs and I think they sound good, then that's it. That's what I do. I'm not a technical musician, which is fine for rock and roll. Votes: 0

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: 0

Those people out there like good music. They don't stop and ask themselves, 'Is it country or rock and roll?' If they like it, they will tell you. Votes: 0

New York was the inspiration for The Heart of Rock and Roll and Workin for a Livin. There are a lot of songs in the streets of New York. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I grew up always hanging out with boys, and I always wanted to play rock 'n' roll with boys, and so I've always acted kind of like a man. Votes: 0

My mom passed away a day before high school started, and her dream was for me to be a full rock and roll guy, and play drums in a band. Votes: 0

I love a little more driving rock and roll vibe and that kind of music has always spoke to me. I guess it just rubs off when I'm writing music. Votes: 0

I think the things that I enjoy most about directing theater, or works that are really visceral in terms of comedy and have a sort of rock and roll aesthetic. Votes: 0

The first rule of rock and roll is it's all about live. Then you have to learn a second craft, which is making records. It should go in that order. Votes: 0

It's time for our business and political leaders to help redefine morality beyond sex, drugs, and rock and roll to include lying, hypocrisy, and callous indifference to those in need. Votes: 0

I'm in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on the One-Hit Wonder Wall. I'm still very troubled by the fact that I'm in the hall and my dad isn't. Votes: 0

I know I'm not Freddie Mercury or Ann Wilson, and that's okay. You don't have to be a great singer to sing rock and roll. That's not what it's about. Votes: 0

I listened to classical guitar and Spanish guitar, as well as jazz guitar players, rock and roll and blues. All of it. I did the same thing with my voice. Votes: 0

I've never believed in so much as I do the BVB Army. Rock and Roll is my religion. And Rock and Roll is back. I love all of you outcast. Votes: 0

To drive a car in rural America is freedom. Before I had a car, I'd never seen a rock and roll show, I'd never seen a comic or a show. Votes: 0

When Van Halen started out, there was no path to fame. We just played what we liked. Even today it always comes down to the simplicity of rock and roll. Votes: 0

The rock and roll spirit. I learned a lot of that because I worked with Buddy Holly. I played bass with him, and he taught me a lot about that. Votes: 0

Did you ever hear about the rock and roll singer who got 3 or 4 Cadillacs, saying power to the people, dance to the music, wants you to pat him on the back. Votes: 0

Today's folk song is rock and roll. Although it happened to emanate from America, that's not really important in the end because we wrote our own music and that changed everything. Votes: 0

You could be a rebel, a profound thinker, and a rock and roll maniac and still eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and drink a nice cup of tea with your friends. Votes: 0

I tried to reach the combatants with my music. I tried to turn my anger into something positive. Myself, and others like me, just tried to keep rock and roll alive. Votes: 0

When I was twelve, the biggest name in Rock and Roll was Elvis Presley. I bought an EP, "King Creole". I hid it in the basement, but my mother found it. Votes: 0

A girl playing rock and roll, it's saying I own my sexuality and I'm going to tell you what I'm going to do. And I think people just find that threatening. Votes: 0

We've got great fans that rock and roll won't have, because you can have a one-hit record and country music used to, not so much anymore and you have a fan forever. Votes: 0

I've always wanted to do a movie that takes place in the 70's and was about rock and roll and getting high, like Dazed and Confused or Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Votes: 0

I used to go to these old tent revivals and listen to the gospel singers. If you think rock and roll is energetic, it pales in comparison to a Pentecostal tent revival. Votes: 0

My influences were mostly gospel. So I was playing my twisted Jewish equivalent of gospel music over his twisted equivalent of rock and roll music. And it was a very excellent marriage. Votes: 0

So lots of respect for all you boys and girls out there who tab out songs like all the time. You bring rock and roll music closer to the people. Gratefully yours Votes: 0

I think as a music listener you have your rock and roll dreams. I personally wouldn't want to apply that necessarily, mainly because I love music too much to mess it up. Votes: 0

I guess you could say there are two Slashes. There's the crazy, rock-and-roll Slash, he's wild. And then there's the real Slash- he collects miniature soaps and treats his hookers real nice. Votes: 0

I like to rock and roll, but I'm a mushy guy, too. I want to be the guy that all the girls love and all the guys want to hang out with. Votes: 0

After I saw Kiss on stage, I wanted my show to look like the fourth of July. The persona of Rick James was wild and crazy, sex, drugs and rock and roll. Votes: 0

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: 0

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame traditionally has had a management style that is very supportive of American talent, first and foremost, over everything else. And I think that's right and proper. Votes: 0

The young people have MTV and rock and roll. Why would they go to read poetry? Poetry belongs to the Stone Age. It awakens in us perceptions that go back to those times. Votes: 0

I wanted to play rock and roll when I started playing. Nobody at that time ever thought about songwriting. You sang songs, that's all. You sang other people's songs. That's all there were. Votes: 0

My father hated rock and roll - hated it. My first real argument with my father was over the Rolling Stones. And he never, ever liked rock and roll. He just liked me. Votes: 0

Call me a relic, call me what you will, say I'm old fashion, say I'm over the hill. Today's music ain't got the same soul, I like that old time rock and roll. Votes: 0

I look back on my life, comin' out of Macon, Georgia - I never thought I'd be a superstar, a living legend. I never heard of no rock and roll in my life. Votes: 0

But there are rock and roll fans all over this continent and all over the globe, really, and we're just set at marking the planet with Styx music until the day we die. Votes: 0

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: 0

I listened to classic rock and roll, and punk rock. 'Goon Squad' provides a pretty accurate playlist of my teenage years, though it leaves out 'The Who,' which was my absolute favorite band. Votes: 0

I grew up listening to everything. And rock and roll has always been a big, big part of it - as big a part of what I do as any other type of music. Votes: 0

I thought rock and roll was an unassailable outlet for some pure and natural expression of rebellion. It used to be one channel you could take without ever havin' to kiss arse, you know? Votes: 0

I definitely got to a point where I realize how unusual it is to be able to play large, sold-out shows 30 years into a rock and roll career. I don't take it for granted. Votes: 0

In every decade rock and roll starts to get very serious and navel gazing and kind of self serious and every once and a while it kind of needs a kick in the pants. Votes: 0

I am one of the biggest Laura Nyro fans. I still listen to that stuff incessantly. Laura Nyro does not belong in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Songwriter Hall of Fame? Absolutely. Votes: 0

Rock n' roll is over, don't you get it? It lasted 25 years and now gets wiped out. The Sex Pistols were the bullet in the brain. They were the last rock and roll band. Votes: 0

We [The Replacements] formed as a rock and roll band, and that was the path we chose to take. Whenever we deviated from it we felt, unless everybody was into it, there was tension. Votes: 0

How 'bout a cheer for all those bad girls? And all those boys that play that rock and roll? They love it like you love Jesus, It does the same thing to their souls. Votes: 0

People from the rock and roll world have felt for years that electronic music had no soul, but now electronic music can not only have soul but have all the shapes in the world. Votes: 0

It's absurd for anybody to look around and hear the acts and artists who cite us as an inspiration, and then tell me that we're not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Votes: 0

We have boys now, and men, in the rock and roll business and all the show business, who have this reaction on women. They scream. They yell. They do all sorts of wild things. Votes: 0

People feel they have to live that stereotypical lifestyle in order to be a rock star. You don't have to shoot heroin and act a certain way to be a rock and roll musician. Votes: 0

Rock and roll is a music, and why should a music contribute to ... juvenile delinquency? If people are going to be juvenile delinquents, they're going to be delinquents if they hear ... Mother Goose rhymes. Votes: 0

I am one of the biggest Laura Nyro fans. I still listen to that stuff incessantly. Laura Nyro does not belong in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Songwriter Hall of Fame? Absolutely, Votes: 0

The biggest problem in rock journalism is that often the writers main motivation is to become friends with the band. Theyre not really journalists; theyre people who want to be involved in rock and roll. Votes: 0

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: 0

The biggest problem in rock journalism is that often the writer's main motivation is to become friends with the band. They're not really journalists; they're people who want to be involved in rock and roll. Votes: 0

I wanted to remember the original energy; strip away all the glamour and limousines and tons of drugs. I wanted to get back to the revolutionary ideas, merging poetry and rhythm and rock and roll. Votes: 0

There is a guy on my block who lives for rock, he plays records day and night, and when he feels down he puts the rock and roll on and it makes him feel alright. Votes: 0

I don't believe in any kind of artistic snobbery or musical snobbery. You know, to me, the sexiest and the most spiritual words ever uttered in rock and roll are wop babaloo balop bam boom. Votes: 0

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is not a public democratic organization; it's a private club basically. It's like a private golf club and they decide who they're going to let in the club. Votes: 0

It's the same at a rock-and-roll concert. You have an opening number with a strong entrance; then you go through a lot of the old standards, building up to your hit song at the end. Votes: 0

My buddy Tim Bass he's a-workin' pumpin gas, and he makes two fifty for an hour. He's got rhythm in his hands as he's tappin' on the cans, sings rock and roll in the shower. Votes: 0

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is a joke - the fact that Madonna is in before Rush and Kiss. Those two bands have influenced so many groups and people other than in metal. Votes: 0

I have undeniable evidence that many have awakened as a result of my raising hell. Raising hell is SO American rock-and-roll. And of course even soulless wimps love killer music and my incredible guitar tone. Votes: 0