Rock Quotes
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I love good rock'n'roll, blues and jazz, gospel, and a little reggae.
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After this many years of being a lead singer in a touring rock band, I've had my fair share of fun. But those days are long behind me.
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Sometimes it's less about the character and more about the story for me. I'll play a rock in the background if I think the story is fantastic and I can be a part of it somehow. That's what I look for.
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Bono is my inspiration - not only as a rock star but as a humanitarian. We aren't just put on this earth to sell records. Maybe it's because of my upbringing, but I do consider myself a moral guy.
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The Progressive Blues Experiment, Johnny Winter... and Still Alive and Well is my favorite rock record.
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I don't care where the Cure is placed in the pantheon of rock. I don't care if we're perceived as relevant. We're never worried how we fit in. I don't even want to fit in.
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I understand how hard rock fans feel inside out, because I was one of those people.
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You lil Fraggle Rock, beat you wit a padded lock
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Not to be mean about it, but some great rock and rollers, like Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry, are pretty one-dimensional.
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I grew up listening to a lot of Ray Charles and '60s rock, thanks to my father, and then my brothers got me in to KISS and whatnot, so I guess that's where I got my first taste for music.
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How does Macy Gray or Kid Rock not win over Christina Aguilera?
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It's funny, when bands or younger musicians ask me: 'So, what does it take to make it?' Well, first explain to me what you mean by 'making it': Do you want to be a rock star or do you want music to be your livelihood?
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I started writing when I was trying to be an actor, and I happened to be friends with Tina Fey, who happened to have her show '30 Rock' coming out. So Tina, who happens to be a mentor to me, gave me my slot and hired me.
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As I said, when we needed to move over to rock'n'roll, Sam and Vernon couldn't quite make the shift. So that's when Larry took over on drums, and we needed a bass player.
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I have three older brothers, and we all have different combinations of parents. My father was the best man at my mom's first wedding! And my brother's mother - my dad's first wife - is the sister to my mom's first husband's second wife. So my brothers are both stepcousins and stepbrothers. It's very '70s rock.
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Mama is my chance to be a stand-up comedian. In my mind, it's my chance to be Chris Rock.
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The Washington establishment think Republicans win elections by you don't stand for anything, you keep your head down, you don't rock the boat. You know what? Every time we do that, we get clobbered in the polls.
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When I first started drinking, everybody was doing it. That was before they discovered marijuana and all that. It was the late 50s, early 60s - it was the beginnings of the rock 'n' roll era. The main drink was like wine. And even that was a romantic throwback to something.
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Honest, I listen to classical mostly. It keeps my mind fresh to write rock songs.
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The Telecaster doesn't really sound that good for the kind of rock and roll that a lot of people played.
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I've always been a fan of 'Beat It,' 'You Rock My World,' and 'Smooth Criminal.'
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There were so many groups that I had in college, but I was always the solo singer. But what made it so unusual back in the day was that I was a black girl playing with all these white musicians, and I was also singing rock music on top of it.
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I'm not so rock and roll. I'm more techno.
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People perceive punk rock in the sense of Sid Vicious, all strung-out, crazy and insane.
