Top 1200 Rock Bands Quotes & Sayings - Page 10

It was always important to me to be that kid who could rock the party as well as rock the English professor's mind.

Meghdhanush has brought the newer generation close to folk music with their personal touch of rock and they definitely rock at it.

I like hard rock, and classic rock, and even metal.

There's just no great rock albums anymore. There's a lot of rock music out there, but it's very bland and disposable.

Rock stars against drugs--that's what we want, isn't it? Government-approved rock-n-roll? Woo! We're partying now!

I've always wanted the IQ of a rock. No, wait. That would be an insult to the rock.

I was never that big a rock-and-roll, rock guy. I really preferred jazz, you know, that kind of thing.

It is said that if one chooses to pray to a rock with enough devotion, even that rock will come alive.

Build on the rock before you hit rock bottom!

Rock's so good to me. Rock is my child and my grandfather.

Being a rock star is being a rock star, I don't need to go into the details. What would you do if you were a rock star?

The ability for a woman to orally satisfy somebody in a rock band, that's important to a rock 'n' roll musician.

One of the first media tours I did was with The Rock - no one knew who I was, as I had just come from WCW; they thought I was The Rock's bodyguard.

It's all magic to me. Country to punk rock, all of it. Chopin to Kurt Cobain. But it always all comes back to punk for me, because that was the last time, punk rock or grunge rock, was the last time that passion ruled the airwaves.

I don't rock for Cancer. I rock for cash, and the topless dancers.

I grew up going to rock shows, and the lines of rock n' roll cross over with wrestling so much.

It's silly to me to not be positive about rock advancing and growing. Really, we just want rock n' roll to be mainstream.

The electric guitar and its players hold a place of privilege in the annals of rock music. It is the engine, the weapon, the ax of rock.

I was christened the "British Bulldog" by friends and colleagues who said I not only looked like a bulldog but fought like one. I was more of a fighter than a boxer. The "Blackpool Rock" originated from the fact that previous to becoming a fighter I was employed in the Blackpool Rock Factory, rock being a form of what Americans call candy.

I got really into rock - soft, romantic rock was my jam.

I think hip-hop has more to do with rock and roll. Kanye West is, in many ways, a rock artist.

In rock, paper, scissors the key is, and this is the best piece of advice that I can give you, if you do think that you recognize the pattern from your opponent, it's good to try to throw a tie as opposed to a win. A tie will very often get you a tie or a win, whereas a win will get you a win or a loss. For example, if you think that someone might throw a rock, it's good to throw rock back at them. You should be going for ties. That's actually a really good strategy to win at rock, paper, scissors. There's my rock, paper, scissors advice for you.

My first album was all rock. I used to sing rock en espanol, but I don't think many people remember that.

This very rock where we're sitting is a rock because we have been forced to give out attention to it

I must say it was not very inspiring to see that tons of new bands emerged from nowhere and started to play the exact same music as I did. Why would I want to play this type of music, when tons of other bands did, too?

I consider myself a rock climber but the definition of rock climbing as has changed.

Used to rock a throwback ballin on the corner, now I rock tailored suit lookin' like a owner.

I have a whole iPod full of exceptionally bad music, truly awful stuff including a disproportionate number of one hit wonders from the early '80s and lots of hair bands. I find it utterly impossible to love a song until I know every single word, so listening to live music or new bands is pretty much out.

The fact that I'm a fifth of Punch Brothers... that's lucky for me because I feel like I get to operate in the context of one of the great string bands. There's just not another string band I would rather be in, and i'm just compelled to make music for and with string bands. It's what I know, and it's kind of like who I am.

I think, a lot of times, bands will break up because their goal is commercial success, and most bands aren't going to get that: it's out of their control. If you do, you're one of the lucky ones, but that commercial success will likely fade, and you'll end up breaking up anyway.

Neither do I acknowledge the right of Plymouth to the whole rock. No, the rock underlies all America: it only crops out here.

When I was a kid, I was interested in folk music. But rock represented power, and I became the best rock guitarist in my school.

I'm so in tune with rocks and nature. On any rock around the world, if I hurt the rock, I feel like I'm hurting myself.

"if a rock falls on another rock on the other side of the moon, how does Islam explain it?" "Who Cares?"

Kill Rock Stars allowed me to put out a real genuine rock 'n' roll record.

I don't think there's any music that you hear on the radio today that would be possible without Jimi Hendrix. Rock, blues-rock, heavy metal, any guitar stuff when you get right down to it - Jimi did it. He's certainly the guy who basically invented the blues-rock genre for guitar players.

My boyfriend isn't a rock star. His values are rock solid. We met at a dinner and he made me laugh.

I never really liked the lyrics or the sameness of the music. It always seemed to have the same rhythm or whatever. But when it turned a little more rock, I kind of liked it. I like what Kid Rock did to country. I like all the modern, new stuff that's coming out, and it just so happens that my boyfriend is not a country player, but he was a rock musician.

You know, rock stardom... I have a hard time discussing that because I don't really accept it. It's not really that tangible. What's really bizarre is how it's used as a thing - you know, 'He's the rock star of politics,' 'He's the rock star of quarterbacks' - like it's the greatest thing in the world.

Bands now are always trying to make their presence known through social networking and whatnot, but that's just the same as bands before the Internet age trying to connect with fans in some other way. But I don't follow people on Facebook, I think that's creepy. I wouldn't want them following me on Facebook. I don't even have a mailing list.

It's all magic to me. Country to punk rock, all of it. Chopin to Kurt Cobain. But it always all comes back to punk for me, because that was the last time, punk rock or grunge rock, was the last time that passion ruled the airwaves

Because', she said, 'your problems are not real problems. You're dating two beautiful girls at once. Think about it. That's like...having rock-star problems.' 'Having rock-star problems may be the closest I ever get to being an actual rock star.

Rock and roll by its nature is sexual. So girls playing rock and roll is saying to the world, "We own our sexuality." I think that pop music is sort of about "you can do what you want to me" kind of energy, while rock and roll is "I'm going to do what I want to you" kind of energy.

Everything has a natural explanation. The moon is not a god, but a great rock, and the sun a hot rock.

I want to rock till I drop. I love rock and roll music. It keeps you young.

Everything has a natural explanation. The moon is not a god but a great rock and the sun a hot rock.

Anything that has to do with rock seems to be on the decline. There's not a lot of rock stations or MTV anymore, you just go on Youtube.

Everything is winged in this universe, even a rock! When the time comes, rock crumbles into tiny pieces and starts flying in the air!

The three of us [me, Mike Dean, Woody Weatherman] all learned how to play our instruments together. We had a common interest in bands like Black Sabbath, Deep Purple. Bands who had different time signatures etc and for whatever reason, we morphed into Corrosion of Conformity. It's been about thirty years now.

I think that the oversaturation of music market right now will eventually start taking care of itself, where some bands are like, "We just don't want to do it anymore," and other bands say, "Things just keep getting better." It just depends on where you bring your joy out of it. We're lucky because we are happiest when we're onstage.

Mostly I listen to old-time music, some bluegrass, some Americana stuff, too many to name. But of the younger acts, there are The Freight Hoppers, who were big in the '90s, and The Foghorn Stringband from Oregon, and there's a lot of young string bands coming up now, basically punkers who play acoustic instruments forming new bands.

I gave up rock 'n' roll for the rock of ages! I used to be a glaring homosexual until God changed me!

Classic rock, psychedelic rock - I like to dig up old music and see what I can get influenced by.

There was a rock in front of my hut, a tall, gray rock. By its looks it seemed to be well-disposed toward me.

We search out the most perfect pieces of rock. It's so amazing that these formations are so perfect for climbing on. It's almost as if they were created for climbing. You're taking these random rock formations and you're bringing to it this interaction. It transforms it from being this random rock into almost this piece of art. It's almost like a sculpture or something. Just by finding the handholds, finding that line up the rock. Every climb is different, has its own unique set of movements and body positions. Climbing and my appreciation for nature are totally intertwined.

I was born in 1963. So the '70s were my teenage years. As a teenager, I was into rock and roll - Bowie, Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, even more progressive music like Genesis, and I was into a lot of British rock and roll. But I loved also American rock and roll. CCR, Jimmie Hendrix, The Doors, Patty Smith, and Bob Dylan.

You've got to be hard, like the rock in that old rock & roll.

I have a real problem with rock music because it seems that lineage doesn't really exist. When you grow up, you're told that rock 'n' roll is the only authentic way to express yourself. Live instrumentation, singer, live drums. You're told that's the best medium to communicate. So much of modern rock is referencing music from 20 years ago.

I don't like putting a name on my music. It's not just country and rap; it's got Southern rock, classic rock.

I don't have to save rock. I don't even like rock that much.