Rock Quotes – City of Quotes

You know, most people, they want to go to Hollywood. They want to be a star. They want to be a rock star. That thought never entered any of our minds, the Van Halen family.

Eddie Van Halen

You know, most people, they want to go to Hollywood. They want to be a star. They want to be a rock star. That thought never entered any of our minds, the Van Halen family.

Eddie Van Halen

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The Beatles just changed everything right across the board. They just had that right combination of clean-cut good looks – a cute band – but under that they had a real rock n’ roll thing going on.

Joe Perry

The Beatles just changed everything right across the board. They just had that right combination of clean-cut good looks – a cute band – but under that they had a real rock n’ roll thing going on.

Joe Perry

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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.

Penn Jillette

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.

Penn Jillette

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The only way to be punk rock in L.A. is to be a Republican.

Trey Parker

The only way to be punk rock in L.A. is to be a Republican.

Trey Parker

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My mom loved rock ‘n roll. My father hated it. We couldn’t play it when he was around.

Patti Smith

My mom loved rock ‘n roll. My father hated it. We couldn’t play it when he was around.

Patti Smith

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Rock music is niche.

Bono

Rock music is niche.

Bono

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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.

Keith Richards

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.

Keith Richards

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By now all rock bands are wise enough to be suspicious of music industry scum.

Steve Albini

By now all rock bands are wise enough to be suspicious of music industry scum.

Steve Albini

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What is Norah Jones’ style? Is it just the albums that we’ve heard? She has a rock group where she plays guitar in, downtown in New York, so do we really know her style?

Talib Kweli

What is Norah Jones’ style? Is it just the albums that we’ve heard? She has a rock group where she plays guitar in, downtown in New York, so do we really know her style?

Talib Kweli

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I’m touched by rock n’ roll. I’m touched by the Beatles. I want some of the music I do to reflect that.

Al Jarreau

I’m touched by rock n’ roll. I’m touched by the Beatles. I want some of the music I do to reflect that.

Al Jarreau

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Your parents would not be happy if you came home and said you wanted to grow up to be a chef or a rock star.

Jose Andres

Your parents would not be happy if you came home and said you wanted to grow up to be a chef or a rock star.

Jose Andres

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I was never interested in being a rock star. I always wanted to be Boris Karloff.

Gene Simmons

I was never interested in being a rock star. I always wanted to be Boris Karloff.

Gene Simmons

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‘American Psycho’ reminds me of my track in ‘Tommy,’ my first Broadway show. It’s similar conceptually and has that rock n’ roll streak.

Alice Ripley

‘American Psycho’ reminds me of my track in ‘Tommy,’ my first Broadway show. It’s similar conceptually and has that rock n’ roll streak.

Alice Ripley

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When I was younger, I felt it was my duty to wake people up. I thought poetry was asleep. I thought rock ‘n’ roll was asleep.

Patti Smith

When I was younger, I felt it was my duty to wake people up. I thought poetry was asleep. I thought rock ‘n’ roll was asleep.

Patti Smith

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Doing one movie every two years is about all I can handle ’cause, being the creator at ’30 Rock’, my year there starts in the middle of June and goes back around until March.

Tina Fey

Doing one movie every two years is about all I can handle ’cause, being the creator at ’30 Rock’, my year there starts in the middle of June and goes back around until March.

Tina Fey

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In the best of all possible worlds, everybody would be honorable, but that’s not the way the world works. Reputations for reporters are made by discovering things underneath that rock.

Mike Wallace

In the best of all possible worlds, everybody would be honorable, but that’s not the way the world works. Reputations for reporters are made by discovering things underneath that rock.

Mike Wallace

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It ain’t passive. It ain’t TV. Go out there and rock n’ roll and dance and have fun.

Steven Van Zandt

It ain’t passive. It ain’t TV. Go out there and rock n’ roll and dance and have fun.

Steven Van Zandt

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You know, Neil Young is singing Rock n’ roll will never die, and Neil never rocked and rolled in his life. I mean, he rocked, but he didn’t roll. He has got no swing in him.

Joni Mitchell

You know, Neil Young is singing Rock n’ roll will never die, and Neil never rocked and rolled in his life. I mean, he rocked, but he didn’t roll. He has got no swing in him.

Joni Mitchell

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Being a rock widow is not my job, so I would hire people to do it for me.

Courtney Love

Being a rock widow is not my job, so I would hire people to do it for me.

Courtney Love

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I don’t think we listened to any rock n’ roll at all in the early days. It was Miles Davis and John Coltrane 95% of the time.

Butch Trucks

I don’t think we listened to any rock n’ roll at all in the early days. It was Miles Davis and John Coltrane 95% of the time.

Butch Trucks

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You know, most people, they want to go to Hollywood. They want to be a star. They want to be a rock star. That thought never entered any of our minds, the Van Halen family.

The Beatles just changed everything right across the board. They just had that right combination of clean-cut good looks – a cute band – but under that they had a real rock n’ roll thing going on.

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.

The only way to be punk rock in L.A. is to be a Republican.

My mom loved rock ‘n roll. My father hated it. We couldn’t play it when he was around.

Rock music is niche.

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.

By now all rock bands are wise enough to be suspicious of music industry scum.

What is Norah Jones’ style? Is it just the albums that we’ve heard? She has a rock group where she plays guitar in, downtown in New York, so do we really know her style?

I’m touched by rock n’ roll. I’m touched by the Beatles. I want some of the music I do to reflect that.

Your parents would not be happy if you came home and said you wanted to grow up to be a chef or a rock star.

I was never interested in being a rock star. I always wanted to be Boris Karloff.

‘American Psycho’ reminds me of my track in ‘Tommy,’ my first Broadway show. It’s similar conceptually and has that rock n’ roll streak.

When I was younger, I felt it was my duty to wake people up. I thought poetry was asleep. I thought rock ‘n’ roll was asleep.

Doing one movie every two years is about all I can handle ’cause, being the creator at ’30 Rock’, my year there starts in the middle of June and goes back around until March.

In the best of all possible worlds, everybody would be honorable, but that’s not the way the world works. Reputations for reporters are made by discovering things underneath that rock.

It ain’t passive. It ain’t TV. Go out there and rock n’ roll and dance and have fun.

You know, Neil Young is singing Rock n’ roll will never die, and Neil never rocked and rolled in his life. I mean, he rocked, but he didn’t roll. He has got no swing in him.

Being a rock widow is not my job, so I would hire people to do it for me.

I don’t think we listened to any rock n’ roll at all in the early days. It was Miles Davis and John Coltrane 95% of the time.