Rock Quotes
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Most normal boys, as they're growing up, they - in order to become attractive, they might, you know, get good at sports or join a rock band or develop good social skills, and for some reason, I thought that drawing comic books might be my route.
Adrian Tomine
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Of course, when I started my career, like anyone else who was 16 at the time, we were besotted by the rock-n-roll scene from America, and all I was interested in was having a career of my own.
Cliff Richard
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I think it's cool to be a rock star; I don't think there are many. There aren't many who speak out and take risks. And I think that's important.
Charli XCX
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Commercial rock ’n’ roll music is a brutalization of the stream of contemporary Negro church music … an obscene looting of a cultural expression.
Ralph Ellison
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In the '60s, I used to love rock magazines; I'd cut out pictures of Bob Dylan and John Lennon.
Patti Smith
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I don't believe people playing rock n' roll should have crowns. We're not kings and queens. Anybody can play it.
Patti Smith
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I was 15 years old at university, studying economics and philosophy, and I saw a retrospective of Australian film. They were very raw. 'Picnic at Hanging Rock,' 'Gallipoli;' they were fantastic.
Deborah Kara Unger
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Playing live is a lot of fun. You get one shot, ... But at the end of the day, it's all rock 'n' roll.
Jason Mraz
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I just think that playing bass, like punk rock bass with a pick, wasn't meant to be done for 25 years.
Kim Gordon
Sonic Youth
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It turns out a lot of people don’t get it. Wikipedia is like rock’n’roll; it’s a cultural shift.
Jimmy Wales
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I think what constitutes rock nowadays is people that actually play and sing. They can do the job live with no ProTools or embellishments or other recorded material.
Nancy Wilson
Heart
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When the band begins to get a name for themselves, and the writers get assigned to bands, they'll hit somebody who just doesn't like that kind of music, or they love hip hop but hate guitar rock.
Kim Deal
The Breeders
