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

• When the audience leaves, I'd like them to feel positive when they go.

  

  Juice Newton
  • Positive
  • Audience
  • Leaves

• 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

• Music had been going on a long time before that. You have to remember that before rock n' roll there were a bunch of jazz musicians all doing heroin. That sh*t has been around a long time.

  

  Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister Motörhead
  • Music
  • Remember
  • Musicians

• We take a lot of inspiration from punk rock and early rock 'n' roll from the '50s and early '60s.

  

  Ezra Furman
  • Inspiration
  • Rock N Roll
  • Punk Rock

• 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