Rock Quotes
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I played in a punk rock band in high school called the High Heel Flip Flops. I was the drummer. I played drums for, like, four years.
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I believe that rock and roll can really make a huge impact on people's lives.
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I believe that Fairport, in all its incarnations, has almost single-handedly been responsible for and has written the book on the history of the evolution of folk-rock in the UK. Over the years Ashley Hutchings, with his Albion Bands and Richard through his solo work have carried the torch to another level.
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I started doing '30 Rock' and started writing 'Mystery Team' at the beginning of that. While I was doing 'Mystery Team,' I started practicing stand-up. While I was doing stand up, I got 'Community.' It's like I planted trees six years ago, and now they have fruit.
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I'm not a sports fan, but I remember watching highlights with post-rock guitar instrumental music over these slow-motion shots of football players. It's triumphant, and it's emotional, and that's what sports are for.
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I just wanted to do a music show, with the whole realm of music from Ella Fitzgerald to rock bands like Cream to Kenny Rogers. We had a lot of country, but we did every kind of music. The Monkees were on, and so was Johnny Cash.
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I just don't think we think about jurists as rock stars or great thinkers, particularly in the political world.
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They're a different generation, those kids; kids that are under the age of twelve. They're not that impressed by rock music, you know what I mean? They're like, it's cool and everything, but whatever. They're just as impressed by YouTube.
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I was always concerned with making cool-sounding rock records.
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I think the true rock fans are pretty loyal.
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I've been a Nick Cave fan since the early '80s when he was part of The Birthday Party thing singing Australian self-destructive rock band and I've always followed his work and loved it.
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If you're trying to get to the underworld of Berlin, it's not suits and ties; it's rock and roll.
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Fall Out Boy used to be my favorite rock band.
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I have no intention of dying young and being some stinking rock'n'roll person.
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You can't just be a rock star by rehashing things you've seen or done before. Bring something new, which is what hip-hop does best.
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I try to be respectful about getting an honor or recognition, but I don't really know what the Rock Hall actually is. In my experience with the people who run it, I don't see it having to do with anything other than them making money.
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I love punk rock, but I also love metal.
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[Rock 'n' roll] is still a primitive form and there's no way you can get away from that. It's one of the primitive art forms and that's why it's good and that's why it's lasted...you know, it hasn't become sophisticated and it's not in the opera house.
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I was feeling really restless in my hard-rock band. I wanted to learn more about storytelling in music, and that's what country music is.
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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.
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Hip hop is doing the new rock thing; there are no rules. They can do anything, really. And that's inspiring.
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I was always more of a rock drummer than an experimental drummer.
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You've got to be hard, like the rock in that old rock & roll.
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If I could write rock & roll songs on purpose, I'd do it all the time. But most of what I write comes out slow and sad because that's most of what I listen to.
