Rock N Roll Quotes
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Like the song "Stereo", to me that's like, kind of hip-hop in that slacker way. There's some slackerisms mixed in with that stuff, but it wasn't really conscious, I guess. When things would get more typical rock'n'roll that was my fallback to go to those kind of lyrics instead of the alternatives.
Stephen Malkmus
Pavement
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Heavy metal drives me bonkers, it makes me want to vomit, heavy metal really is a pile of puke.
Ian Gillan
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Rock n' roll to me is all about freedom of thought and to be whatever you want to be.
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
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There were not very many girls in rock n' roll together with men that had a heavy rock sound as well as a more acoustic sound like Heart.
Nancy Wilson
Heart
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When I first started seeing (the show) come together, I was blown away. It is unbelievable. And to see Vince singing, and behind him girls hanging by chains, and Harleys on the stage and the pyrotechnics going it's like, this is what I want to see in rock 'n' roll.
Nikki Sixx
Mötley Crüe
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Chuck Berry invented rock 'n' roll. He was one of the best songwriters of the 20th century.
Ezra Furman
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For me upward social mobility is possible through talent and hard work and is a glowing endorsement of the benefits of living in a modern capitalist society. It's not so much evidence of a meritocracy, as evidence of healthy nepotism. Nepotism is at the core of a good group dynamic. A good group dynamic is at the core of rock'n'roll.
Alex Kapranos
Franz Ferdinand
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She is classically trained, but amazing enough, she's got a rock 'n' roll heart. She was playing bass in a rock band. ... It's still different. Ray had that raw, don't-give-a-damn rock 'n' roll energy, and that lovely voice. Of course, you can't work with someone for 40 years and not miss him.
Graeme Edge
The Moody Blues
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Rock 'n' roll is meant to entertain. Hippie folk singers are supposed to be singing about leftist views, but I don't think rock 'n' roll was ever that way. I don't remember the early rock 'n' rollers ever expressing any political views.
John William Cummings
Ramones
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It's hard for me to play seated theaters because people tend to sit down and get a little bit complacent, so it's less energy. It's just very dry and dead. People start to feel like they're watching a movie. The environment when they walk into it, it's not standing room only, smoking and drinking and rock 'n' roll. So it's a little bit dangerous to do that.
Jack White
The White Stripes
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Senator [George] Mitchell is a man of many talents and he's swift on his feet, but one would not think of him as 'dancing with the stars.' And we had this great rock 'n' roll fund raiser.
Barbara Mikulski
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I am the architect of rock n' roll. I have to be a fan of all its forms.
Little Richard
