Rock Quotes
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We stand our best chance of leaving a legacy to those who want to learn, our children, by standing firm. In matters of style, hey, swing with the stream. But in matters of principle, you need to stand like a rock.
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Do you see, Arren, how an act is not, as young men think, like a rock that one picks up and throws, and it hits or misses, and that's the end of it. When that rock is lifted, the earth is lighter; the hand that bears it is heavier. When it is thrown, the circuits of the stars respond, and where it strikes or falls the universe is changed.
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If I could do theater during the hiatus and then do '30 Rock' in the winter, that would be my ideal job.
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All my friends are rock critics, so we talk about rock criticism a lot. Because of that, in order to be part of the conversation, you have to have an awareness of what the discussion is.
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That's the kind of musical freedom I like: jazz, rock, blues, anything. You adopt different attitudes when you play different music.
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We don't to be some kind of rock supergroup for the sake of being a supergroup. You want to change things and say something fresh and new so you appeal to people as a new group.
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I listen to a lot of indie or rock music.
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I always wanted to get into rock music so I could cover up my real personality, change my voice, and create a false self to hide behind.
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I wanted to write a song that's known to the world as a classic, stadium-rock anthem.
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I've gotta be the only father begging his son to leave a six-figure job to go play in a rock n' roll band!
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I listened to classic rock and roll, and punk rock. 'Goon Squad' provides a pretty accurate playlist of my teenage years, though it leaves out 'The Who,' which was my absolute favorite band.
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I used to always rock a cap when I was in high school and get them taken away. It was an excessive amount. Like, so often that, at the end of each school year, there would be a box of all the confiscated caps. After they gave back a few caps to other kids, they would just give me the box because the rest were all my hats.
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The new album is a childhood dream come true. Got to sing with Ronnie Spector, got to cover a bunch of songs that were influential in drawing a line between the punk form and original rock and roll.
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I have more fun hanging out with my friends who are musicians and rock stars. You know politicians by and large are pretty stiff, pretty rehearsed.
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I don't find writing for the theater that different from writing a rock song.
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I got into rock music at thirteen, listening to Van Halen, learned how to play the electric guitar.
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I like there to be some testosterone in rock, and it's like I'm the one in the dress who has to provide it.
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It's a big deal when you play in a rock band and you conquer Japan. You know, it's a big deal.
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What my mom failed to understand was that I didn't even want long hair -- I needed long hair. And my desire for protracted, flowing locks had virtually nothing to do with fashion, nor was it a form of protest against the constructions of mainstream society. My motivation was far more philosophical. I wanted to rock.
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We're not here to make the ignorant people happy. We're here to write our music for those people that are interested in good rock n' roll music.
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I definitely related a lot to Perry [from That's Ordinary World movie]. I liked how he put family first. I identified with the exhaustion and klutziness that comes with being a parent, and how he's just a rock-and-roller at heart. For me, it was fun to kind of imagine whether or not this could've been the path I went on, or not.
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I love punk rock, but I also love metal.
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Boys were a very essential part of rock & roll. The girls were more onlookers.
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Kurt Cobain is one of the reasons I started doing music because I just loved to watch them rock out.
