Rock N Roll Quotes - Page 15

• Being in a rock n' roll band was like being in a Sherman tank. Nothing got to you. You were surrounded and protected by men.

  Grace Slick

  Men, Rocks, Tanks

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• You either evolve or you don't. I don't like old people on a rock n' roll stage. I think they look pathetic, me included. And the fact that I represent an era means I can't just go out there and do all new stuff. They would all say, 'Sing 'White Rabbit,'' and I'd say no? That's rude.

  Grace Slick

  Mean, Thinking, Rocks

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• Rock n' roll is dream soup, what's your brand?

  Patti Smith

  Dream, Rocks, Soup

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• When I was younger, I felt it was my duty to wake people up. I thought poetry was asleep. I thought rock 'n' roll was asleep.

  Patti Smith

  Rocks, People, Wake Up

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• The great thing about rock-n-roll is you realize the top of the mountain is big enough for more than one band.

  Paul Stanley

  Rocks, Hiking, Mountain

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• I've always believed that there's an amazing number of things you can do through a rock'n'roll song and that you can do serious writing in a rock song if you can somehow do it without losing the beat.

  Lou Reed

  Song, Writing, Rocks

  "Outsider Whose Dark, Lyrical Vision Helped Shape Rock 'n' Roll" by Ben Ratliff, www.nytimes.com. October 27, 2013.

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• Everything that's rock n roll is ever meant to be is happening now. I need to get over the shock that that thing is actually happening and that thousands of millions of people around the world are watching.

  Bob Geldof

  Rocks, People, Needs

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• I've always felt that blues, rock 'n' roll and country are just about a beat apart.

  Waylon Jennings

  Music, Country, Rocks

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• It's better for me to play with guys because Rock 'n' Roll has such an aggressive attitude

  Lita Ford

  Attitude, Play, Rocks

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• The role of the musician is to go from concept to full execution. Put another way, it's to go from understanding the content of something to really learning how to communicate it and make sure it's well-received and lives in somebody else.

  Yo-Yo Ma

  Understanding, Musician, Roles

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• Rock n' Roll came from the slaves singing gospel in the fields. Their lives were hell and they used music to lift out of it, to take them away. That's what rock n' roll should do - take you to a better place.

  Meat Loaf

  Rocks, Singing, Fields

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• The wise musicians are those who play what they can master.

  Duke Ellington

  Inspiring, Music, Wise

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• I don't really get the same kinda romance that I would get from, like, jazz. And even to a lesser extent to rock 'n roll. Rock 'n roll has a romance to it - how can I put it? A very vulgar romance, but still a romance; whereas hip hop has more facade.

  Lupe Fiasco

  Rocks, Hip Hop, Romance

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• Well, on tour I eat terribly, so I balance that by running a lot. And then I started to run with my fans in certain cities. It sounds very nerdy and un-rock n' roll, but I like it. It's fun, and it's better than meeting fans in weird, awkward circumstances. So I take them running with me.

  Ellie Goulding

  Running, Fun, Rocks

  "Artist to Know: Ellie Goulding". Seventeen Interview, www.seventeen.com. April 6, 2011.

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• I think record companies are criminals.

  Jon Bon Jovi

  Thinking, Records, Criminals

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• If you play more than two chords, you're showing off.

  Woody Guthrie

  Play, Two, Ego

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• It's funny, when bands or younger musicians ask me: 'So, what does it take to make it?' Well, first explain to me what you mean by 'making it': Do you want to be a rock star or do you want music to be your livelihood?

  Eddie Van Halen

  Stars, Mean, Rocks

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• Sometimes you want to give up the guitar, you'll hate the guitar. But if you stick with it, you're gonna be rewarded.

  Jimi Hendrix

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• There's no leader of this band, and there never will be. That's the key. You can't control how the public perceives you-people see rock'n'roll bands as the guitar player and the singer.

  Shannon Hoon

  Player, Keys, Rocks

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• From 1958 to 1964, that's real rock n' roll. Then the Beatles hit and everyone sounded like them.

  Wolfman Jack

  Real, Rocks

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• I grew up in a world that told girls they couldn't play rock 'n' roll.

  Joan Jett

  Girl, Rocks, Play

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• Rock 'n' roll music is what gets me off.

  Joan Jett

  Music, Rocks, Music Is

  Twitter post from Oct 07, 2013

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• Why there aren't people out there willing to have fun playing rock 'n' roll. I just don't get it.

  Joan Jett

  Fun, Rocks, People

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• One of the mistakes I made was believing that the rock 'n' roll genre as a genre was much more free than the whole pop or R&B scene.

  Joan Jett

  Mistake, Believe, Rocks

  "With her new album and L.A. acclaim, Former Runaway Joan Jett proves she never left". Interview with Evelyn McDonnell, articles.latimes.com. October 26, 2013.

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• I don't know if I miss it per se, but I do miss the fact that there just doesn't seem to be any rock 'n' roll out there anyplace. Everything does seem kind of tame. It's even hard in Manhattan to go out and find a good band to go see.

  Joan Jett

  Rocks, Missing, Doe

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