Rock Quotes

I'm 33...before AC/DC I've played in a lot of bands in Australia. You're never too old to rock and roll.

Later in the evening when you lie awake in bed with the echoes from the amplifiers ringing in your head.

It's me. I chose this. I chose all of this — this rock has been waiting for me my entire life. I’ve been moving towards it my whole life.

The way I feel about music is that there is no right and wrong. Only true and false.

I'm a big rock star, I got a beautiful girl, and they still call me a fag. Its' like high school never ends - the jocks are always on top.

Rock music is electronic music, dependent entirely on electronic circuitry and amplification.

Rock 'n' roll can be fun and dangerous at the same time.

Where would rock and roll be without feedback?

Your talking to someone who really understands rock music.

Let the music keep our spirits high, let the buildings keep our children dry, let creation reveal its secrets by and bye.

I know life sometimes can get tough! And I know life sometimes can be a drag! But people, we have been given a gift, We have been given a road, And that road's name is... Rock and Roll!

Being a new band, I just can't think of a better way to get your name out to all of the Hard-Rock crowd than playing with twenty of the biggest Hard-Rock bands in the world.

Im more in love with Rock n Roll today than other things. It grows, you know?

You don't become a rock star for no reason.

Strumming my pain with his fingers, singing my life with his words, killing me softly with his song.

Nashville may be famed for its country music, but this may well be the capital of rock and roll music in the United States of America.

You can't trust politicians. It doesn't matter who makes a political speech. It's all lies - and it applies to any rock star who wants to make a political speech as well.

I can play punk rock, and I love playing punk rock, but I was into every other style of music before I played punk rock.

Triple 6 Mafia and Mystikal in Atlanta was one of my first shows. I remember how sweaty and smashed up everybody was, and it was so punk rock.

I think punk rock, especially for me, was a big middle finger to this whole talent thing.

Ten silver saxes, a bass with a bow The drummer relaxes and waits between shows For his cinnamon girl.

When Punk Rock happened, it created an opening in the culture... it made it ok to think you could play music, even though you had no musical training.

Punk rock isn't supposed to be for everyone. There is that sort of private club mentality, which is necessary. It keeps things from getting watered down and boring.

Videos destroyed the vitality of rock and roll. Before that, music said, "Listen to me." Now it says, "Look at me."

I love to rock 'n roll. But my finest suit, of all the things I do, is as a songwriter.

Rock and roll to the beat of the funk fuzz Wipe your feet really good on the rhythm rug If you feel the urge to freak, do the jitterbug Come and spread your arms if you really need a hug.

I don't set trends. I just find out what they are and exploit them.

Rock n' roll seems to have changed society much more than any politician, I think it really has.

I like rock music. I also like classical, if you ask me. I'm very adaptable, they say that. But I have certain preference too, be honest.

I start a lot more songs than I finish, because I realize when I get into them, they're no good. I don't throw them away, I just put them away, store them, get them out of sight.

I'm not a big fan of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It's just a personal thing, not an ego thing.

I like narrative storytelling as being part of a tradition, a folk tradition.

Michael Anthony is the Diplomat of Rock N Roll. He is the regular guy.

Some girl asked me for an autograph and I asked her why, she said because she admires me. I said she should see a shrink. Then she started crying and I started laughing.

Punk rock should mean freedom, liking and excepting anything that you like. Playing whatever you want. As sloppy as you want. As long as it's good and it has passion.

Walk amongst the natives by day, but in your heart be Superman.

The rock and roll spirit. I learned a lot of that because I worked with Buddy Holly. I played bass with him, and he taught me a lot about that.

It's only rock and roll, my god! It's not rocket science.

I'm the No. 1 living and breathing rock star. I am Axl Rose; I am Jim Morrison; I am Jimi Hendrix.

I'm the greatest rock and roll drummer on the planet and you suck.

Women play cellos and violins in symphony orchestras. They're playing Beethoven and Bach. What do you mean they can't play rock and roll?

I'm always hoping for the nights that are inspired where you almost have an out of body experience

I'm John Lee Hooker in the sense that he was a blues man and he played blues his whole life. I'm a rock guy and I'm going to play rock music my whole life.

The fact that you can't base a coffeehouse on any other rock band is the other rock bands' problem, not mine.

What do you do with what you're given, and how do you transform it into something worthwhile?

I wasn't in a lot of rock and roll bands. I was in jug bands and things when I was in school.

I'm an old rock and roll buff. I love Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty.

Rock star, flier than an ostrich...

I was in lots of dodgy bands growing up and I always fancied myself in a band. But, you know, I was rubbish at writing music. So maybe one day I'll play a rock star, or punk rocker.

The great thing about rock and roll is that someone like me can be a star.