Rock Quotes
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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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What would rock and roll be without ambition, craziness, danger, and fun?
Pete Wentz
Fall Out Boy
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Aamir once went behind a rock to cry because his director didn't listen to what he was saying.
Twinkle Khanna
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I like to think I have quite a few different styles - sometimes it's a bit rock n' roll, other times more girly and feminine.
Kristin Cavallari
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In rock stardom there's an absolute economic upside to self-destruction.
Courtney Love
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I was exposed to many kinds of music including rock and disco, classical and folk, Midtown and Miles Davis, Sly Stone and David Bowie.
Esperanza Spalding
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I've always found that whatever you say about indie rock, it is the most inclusive genre or title for anything. It doesn't pin you down too much, like other labels would. It's just newer, it has less baggage. I'm happy to be in that category.
Andrew Bird
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One of the best gifts you can give a poet is to present them with field guides - to rocks, to stars, to birds, to wildflowers, to trees and bushes, to butterflies, to reptiles and amphibians. Because when you look at anything long enough to be able to identify it, you see far more clearly and you make a tiny beginning at understanding the life, the place, the history of that bird or rock or mammal.
Marge Piercy
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Pro wrestling was there, and I was good at it, thank God. I started getting a lot of offers, but unfortunately, at WWE I was under a tight leash. I think it had a lot to do with The Rock making the transition, and me possibly being the next guy - you know, the company didn't want to lose another top performer.
Kurt Angle
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My big brother listened to classic rock, and I grew up listening to a classic rock station called KSHE.
Louise Post
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I learned to play piano in a rock n' roll context or band context from country records - you know, Floyd Cramer - and from the Beatles and the Rolling Stones and Stax. And none of those are keyboard records.
Benmont Tench
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
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We've always been just an American rock n' roll band.
David Bryan
Bon Jovi
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The age of the rock star ended with the passing of physical product, the rise of automated percussion, the domination of the committee approach to hit-making, the widespread adoption of choreography, and, above all, the advent of the mystique-destroying Internet.
David Hepworth
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The more info I read, the more the Rock & Roll hall of fame seems anti-rock. Rock was not meant to be judged by panels of old people.
Chris Cornell
Soundgarden
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As a songwriter and a singer in a successful rock band, I have had the good fortune of being surrounded by incredible musicians, lots of wonderful production on both record and onstage, and plenty of volume!
Ed Kowalczyk
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I went through a string of A&R men who all thought I should be doing something different. One thought I should be a dance diva; another thought I should do Rock n' Roll; and one thought I shouldn't even be singing at all!
Alison Moyet
