John Spencer Quotes

I was pissed off about a lot of things...so much shitty rock ’n’ roll that angered me, and Pussy Galore was kicking against that. With the Blues Explosion, there was some of that, but now I was into celebrating it.

John Spencer No Doubt

• Rock N Roll
• Kicking
• Celebrating

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• 'Vice Squad' needed to be real if it was going to have the impact that I wanted it to have.

  

  Gary Sherman
  • Real
  • Impact
  • Squad

• Even if I set out to make a film about a fillet of sole, it would be about me.

  

  Federico Fellini
  • Me
  • Film
  • Movies

• The right to keep and bear arms is a right that Kansans hold dear. The people of Kansas have repeatedly and overwhelmingly reaffirmed their commitment to protecting this fundamental right.

  

  Sam Brownback
  • People
  • Commitment
  • Bear

• I'd been working with Elvis, but I just recorded Country, so he, definitely, like you said, encouraged me to try it, but I didn't, right then.

  

  Wanda Jackson
  • Country
  • Recorded
  • Elvis

• The key with a full-skirt shape is to balance it out with a great figure-hugging top.

  

  Lesley Lawson
  • Great
  • Balance
  • Key

• The capacity of Iraq's security forces has improved, and Iraq's leaders have made strides toward political accommodation

  

  Barack Obama
  • Political
  • Leader
  • Iraq

• Just because everyone CAN publish a book these days, doesn't mean everyone SHOULD. The world doesn't need 1000 knock-offs of 50 Shades of Grey. I'm not so sure the world even needed ONE 50 Shades of Grey.

  

  Oliver Gaspirtz
  • World
  • Book
  • Mean

• We had this thing at Stanford called the 'Campus Loop,' and then we had another run called 'The Dish,' and you'd run up to this giant satellite dish, which was probably extremely unhealthy. I would do those two runs, and I just found it so therapeutic. My girlfriends and I would have these great conversations about guys and school and life.

  

  Summer Sanders
  • Life
  • Up
  • Great

• When people say, you know, 'Good teacher,' 'Prophet,' 'Really nice guy'... this is not how Jesus thought of Himself. So you're left with a challenge in that, which is either Jesus was who he said he was or a complete and utter nut case. You have to make a choice on that.

  

  Bono U2
  • Jesus
  • Choice
  • Good Teacher

• When people say you're doing something radical in rock or dance music, I'm not sure how special that is. What we do is so old-fashioned. It's like trying to do something innovative in tap-dancing.

  

  Jonny Greenwood Radiohead
  • People
  • Innovative
  • Dance Music

• If somebody thinks wearing pretty dresses onstage somehow discredits us that's pretty absurd.

  

  Douglas Glenn Colvin Ramones
  • Dresses
  • Thinks
  • Discredits

• Catch me, as if I have surely been out committing a violation against you, my sin of insisting on existing without you.

  

  Ana Castillo
  • Sin
  • Ifs
  • Violation

• Madisyn [Shipman] was great. She's a really talented kid. We got along great. It was fun, in between scenes, I'd pull out my iPod and show her different old rock 'n' roll and punk stuff, and she was really into it.

  

  Billie Joe Armstrong Green Day
  • Great
  • Different
  • She

• She is classically trained, but amazing enough, she's got a rock 'n' roll heart. She was playing bass in a rock band. ... It's still different. Ray had that raw, don't-give-a-damn rock 'n' roll energy, and that lovely voice. Of course, you can't work with someone for 40 years and not miss him.

  

  Graeme Edge The Moody Blues
  • Heart
  • Energy
  • Voice

• If you think you are too old to rock 'n roll, then you are.

  

  Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister Motörhead
  • Think
  • Rock N Roll

• I was pissed off about a lot of things...so much shitty rock ’n’ roll that angered me, and Pussy Galore was kicking against that. With the Blues Explosion, there was some of that, but now I was into celebrating it.

  

  John Spencer No Doubt
  • Rock N Roll
  • Kicking
  • Celebrating