Top 1200 Classic Rock Quotes & Sayings - Page 17

I discovered the idea of feminism when I watched the film '10 Things I Hate About You.' It's a classic.

Punk was sort of an angry stance against things that had happened just before, against the pop of glam rock, against progressive rock. Music had become very staid and it was about the playing and people obsessed. Eric Clapton was God and we needed an enema within the art form, and punk did do that.

Peer pressure and social norms are powerful influences on behaviour, and they are classic excuses.

I had a classic gym teacher in junior high who wore a weightlifter's belt all the time.

Fifty is a big corner to turn. It used to mean being put out to pasture, but it's the opposite with me. I feel more vibrant; I'm more active than I've ever been. The F-word really is freedom. It's the freedom to have dropped the rock-the rock of addiction, of family, of comparisons with other people. It's being fit and focused and kind of furious.

Classic authors should be older than I am, and wiser, and on-top of all their deadlines.

I was fired from my television job, simple as that. Well, downsized, really, a classic 1990s situation.

A great classic means a man whom one can praise without having read.

Trends keep changing but the more classic designs never go out of style.

I was the classic middle child in some ways, the one who could have been a priest in an alternate universe.

I am a classic Star Trek fanatic. When I was a kid, my mom and I used to go to conventions.

I would love to have a song that fusions western arrangement with classic Indian instruments.

Wayne Messam does not have any financial problems and is a classic American Success Story.

I grew up on classic Nintendo, which was amazing. My best friends were hardcore into it.

I'm a classic emerald green Sixties Jaguar that nobody can own, but my husband is allowed to drive.

A rock-and-roll group needed a name that fit criteria in three areas: It had to be great for a bowling team; it had to be great for a gang; and it had to be great for a rock-and-roll group. So we called ourselves Dion and the Belmonts.

High performance leaders create an inspiring future by connecting with a classic and honorable past.

Dave Duerson had classic pathology of CTE and no evidence of any other disease.

I was a classic attention deficit disorder kid, always bored and mouthing off at school.

The life force knows exactly what it takes to keep any particular living organism - any organism - alive. Anything in manifestation, for that matter. Even a rock is a manifestation of some sort, and you know, in physics and quantum physics, they know a rock is not dead.

Emotionally, shows like 'Cheers' and 'Taxi' were classic sitcoms when I was growing up.

I like the old, classic scary movies. I love 'Psycho,' 'The Sixth Sense,' and 'Poltergeist.'

Musical theatre history is littered with bad reviews for now classic pieces.

Poirot is a classic character from fiction, not a MacBook Air; he would not benefit from updates.

I don't believe you should interfere with any classic for reasons of religious or political correctness.

It was a special show that became a cult classic of sorts, and I made a lot of money for it.

The studios mostly threw away the negatives of the classic films. They had no interest in their legacy.

I cut my teeth playing rock songs on the accordion when I was a teenager and my friends always thought that was extremely amusing. I think that was the genesis of my polka medleys, because every rock song I played on the accordion just sounded like a polka and my friends thought it was funny. So that was a joke that I continue up to this very day.

I don't think I understood guitar rock as well as I probably should have. I don't think I understood bands like Led Zeppelin. In their era, everyone had such a regard for them because of them ushering in rock n' roll and this larger-than-life lifestyle. But then they had these songs that would just not stop. I didn't fully get it.

My father has always written with Mont Blanc pens. It's very chic and elegant and classic.

We're in a time when bashing is the norm - especially on social media, where everybody's online and no one interacts face-to-face. There's a quote I found yesterday - it was hilarious: "People need to chill, like literally, we're floating in space on a giant rock we can't leave. Look at the stars or something instead of being awful." You think of floating on a rock in space as so alien, but that's exactly what we're doing.

One of the [Million Mom] marchers said 'the hands that rock the cradle rule this nation.' I thought, 'no Madame, the hands that rock the cradle rule our families and governments and corporations. The hands that wrote the Constitution rule this nation'.

Jimi Hendrix is a classic example of a player in which everything he did, it was all in his hands.

In college, my voice never quite fit the classic ones like 'Music Man' or 'Carousel'.

You can't have rock and roll without drugs, you can't have rock and roll without sex.

What drives me is exploration with a purpose, more the classic Royal Geographical Society genre.

Go to the Savoy for a classic British tea and to see what a $350 million renovation can do for a hotel.

The thing is, I knew from the very first audition that I did not fit the classic 'X Factor' criteria.

I spend most of my time catching up on classic comedy - things you absolutely have to see.

John Legend is, in my opinion, classic. He is one of the best finds that has come along in a long time.

I like timeless and classic pieces with an interesting and modern twist. And I love a little funk!

I had classic technique - one of the best techniques when I was like 10, 12, but then I changed.

La Flavour's 'Mandolay' is a disco classic - I dare you to sit still while listening to it.

I'm the classic old-school entrepreneur that says let's build companies of lasting value.

I never saw myself as the classic singer/songwriter who sticks to his guitar.

'Don Quijote' by Cervantes. I read the original Spanish version when I was in high school. Such a classic!

I think a great classic watch is the first staple every woman should invest in.

I'm sure if Shakespeare were alive today, he'd be doing classic guitar solos on YouTube.

I've been blessed by doing classic plays on Broadway, which was one of my great dreams forever.

I really fell in love with the art of making clothes when I was dancing on tour. Creating my stage image through clothes was a blast. I discovered a total sense for what cool chicks and rockin' dudes like to wear. Total Skull is for those people. People that like to rock - total rock.

America is a such a melting pot, I'm not sure if roast chicken is the classic comfort food for everybody.

The three classic ways in which the Devil tempts us are with a threat, a promise or a seduction.

I agree cars become classic with age and you never know which ones are going to be in vogue.

'Street Legal' is like a cult classic. It's pretty cheesy at times, but you learn to embrace it.

I think my style is classic - I like wearing jeans and a white button-up shirt.

During my career I’ve enjoyed re-invigorating and contextualizing classic characters that are relatable to contemporary audiences.

I grew up listening to a lot of classic country, and I think that shows in my songwriting.

This I regard as a classic example of my not being properly prepared for a part I very much wanted.

Warhol and other Pop artists had brought the art religion of art for art's sake to an end. If art was only business, then rock expressed that transcendental, religious yearning for communal, nonmarket esthetic feeling that official art denied. For a time during the seventies, rock culture became the religion of the avant-garde art world.

I told my father I wanted to act, and he stared renting all these classic films for me to watch.