Rock Quotes
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I do like classical music, and soft rock, and jazz, which I never listened to when I was 15. Now I like it. The older you get, the more tolerant you get, right?
Dmitry Medvedev
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Now they have banging guitar and no bass and call it rock, but that's not what I call rock.
Little Richard
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I know I express myself best singing love songs, and Jim Steinman gave me my rock style, which I have always wanted. I can express myself best putting a lot of emotion into singing rock songs.
Bonnie Tyler
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I like that old style of country music - it seems to me that a lot of the modern country music is rehashed rock n' roll.
Leon Russell
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Daniel Ek, the C.E.O. of Spotify, is a rock star of the tech world, but he is not long on charisma.
John Seabrook
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I never went through a period were I wanted to be a doctor, a cop or even a rock star. All I wanted to do was play short stop for the Yankees from the time I was about 5. Then I turned 15 and realized how silly that was and just gave up on it.
Artie Lange
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'Rock of Love' with Bret Michaels was fun. He's a lovable guy.
Kristen Schaal
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I still love the skinny jeans thing and I wear my favorite leather jacket constantly. I like being kind of a rock star. I love that I can feel comfortable in a small dress or I can feel comfortable wearing a baggy T-shirt.
Ellie Goulding
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I'm working on a proper rock record, a good, old-school rock record. Finally.
Liz Phair
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Musicians play music because you love... I loved to play drums since I was five. It's all I ever wanted to do. Rock stars, or as we call them, posers, guys who want to just look great, dress great. They're not musicians; they're looking for the fame.
George Peter John Criscuola Kiss
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John Candy gave me a Hard Rock Cafe jacket, which was awesome because I was really from a very rural, small town, and it seemed so exciting to me. I think my mom still has that jacket.
Jean Louisa Kelly
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I think every film actor secretly wants to be a rock star as well; just that part of the job which requires the extrovert in you. Even if you've become an actor because it's your way of hiding in plain sight, there's still part of you which has that craving.
Ben Barnes
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My mother grew up strong. She was a charismatic leader among her peers, staging plays, organizing projects, raising money for charity; she was fiercely protective of her younger brother, with whom she shared a passion for jazz and rock and roll.
Anand Giridharadas
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I don't think punk ever really dies, because punk rock attitude can never die.
William Broad Generation X
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I always felt that I was one of the women who helped lay the foundation for rock and roll. But I'd always been overlooked by the Hall of Fame.
Brenda Lee
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I've always wanted to make records that rock like hell. But also, I've never wanted to compromise that Country place deep inside.
Carlene Carter
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I like to rock and roll, but I'm a mushy guy, too. I want to be the guy that all the girls love and all the guys want to hang out with.
Kenny Chesney
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God looked down on this country because this country was founded on the rock and that rock was our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. And when the storms came and the rains came, the rock, it did not move. But over the last 15 or 20 years, something began to erode.
Bob Riley
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I tried to be just a singer of standards when I was starting out. And there was nothing special enough about my voice to make it that far. So I feel a bit like Rod Stewart. Once you've had that rock career, people will give you that chance where otherwise they might not.
Nellie McKay
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What's cool is he has dreadlocks. That makes piano OK in rock, if the piano player looks cool.
Daniel Adair 3 Doors Down
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Getting on stage, for me, was a huge thing when I first started. And back in high school, everyone was in rock bands and I was a singer/songwriter. It just seems kind of lame.
Tyler Hilton
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When I was growing up, there was hate. I looked around and saw that it was so wrong. I got to go round the world with my rock band, and you can bring harmony.
David Bryan Bon Jovi
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I can't sing that well, but when punk-rock came along, it changed all that.
Jim Carroll
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I really don't spend any time on the Internet, so I guess I live a little under a rock in that respect.
Christina Aguilera