Rock Quotes
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Sex and drugs and rock and roll.
Ian Dury
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You don't have to be in a rock band to write your own music.
Jade Thirlwall Little Mix
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You can't force something like that. But we have encouraged our audience, because we avoid the confrontation of regular rock concerts: us up here, you down there. Instead, we're looking for interaction.
Page McConnell
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I don't think you can live as long as I have in rock n' roll and not take a few hard knocks.
Joe Cocker
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I like to wear girlie things, but only if I can rock them up with biker boots or a jacket.
Pixie Lott
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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.
John Fogerty Creedence Clearwater Revival
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I always wanted to tell the story of how Pearl Jam is the story of lightning striking twice. As well as being the flipside of the classic rock tale where great promise ends in tragedy. This is where tragedy begins great promise.
Cameron Crowe
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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
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My folks have played everything from rock, disco, pop, funk, and blues. My dad has always brought and played different genres like jazz, classical, and Latin. With all this in my pocket, I feel I have a taste of everything for my influences.
Haley Reinhart
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There was not a lot of rock n' roll in the house. Our parents didn't think it was very groovy, and I tend to agree with them. If you grew up with Charlie Parker, Bill Haley wasn't very hip.
Elvis Costello
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I started out as a drummer, and now play with a back-to-basics rock band called the Luddites. Im happiest when Im behind the kit.
Rick Astley
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At heart I cannot accept that I am a well-known rock 'n' roll star and one of the greatest drummers in the world.
Keith Moon The Who
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I've learned 90 percent of what I know from watching and listening to actors. A good leading actor is the rock of the show. Their energy and their tone really sets the groundwork for how everything is going to work. I've been lucky to deal with stars who are very giving and generous.
Finn Wittrock
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But what is life to a lichen? Yet its impulse to exist, to be, is every bit as strong as ours - arguably even stronger. If I were told that I had to spend decades being a furry growth on a rock in the woods, I believe I would lose the will to go on.
Bill Bryson
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I like mellow music. I like some jazz. But I'm not a big hard rock guy.
Gary Carter
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I don't listen to a ton of rock music.
Brendon Urie Panic! at the Disco
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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.
Bon Scott
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I do like alternative rock and rap, but as far as inspirational, then I go full-on orchestra. It fills up your entire being.
Osric Chau
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Are people like Tom Cruise in touch with their public? I doubt it. Footballers are more like the rock stars of yester-year: they are box office.
Gary Lineker
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I like all kinds of music - classical, pop, rock, electronic.
Ha-Joon Chang
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CS: I always say there's a tribal element in a rock concert. There's a real back-and-forth thing that goes on between the audience and the performers.
Chris Stein Blondie
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It's just natural, it's not a great disaster. People keep talking about it like it's The End of The Earth. It's only a rock group that split up, it's nothing important. You know, you have all the old records there if you want to reminisce.
John Lennon The Beatles
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The whole punk scene is, of course, responsible for the Go-Go's ever getting created. Because before punk rock happened, you couldn't start a band if you didn't know how to play an instrument. But when punk happened it was like, 'Oh, it doesn't matter if you can play or not. Go ahead, make a band.' And that's exactly what the Go-Go's did.
Jane Wiedlin
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I'm not so rock and roll. I'm more techno.
Raf Simons