“When I stopped trying to write songs, that's when I'm able to begin writing songs. You have to just use your life, and the things around you for your inspiration.” WritingTryingUseInspirationAbleSongWriting Songs Author:Lenny Kravitz
“I didn't make that much money... Once I joined Bruce (Springsteen), I took a huge pay cut.” PayCuttingHugeSpringsteen Author:Steven Van Zandt
“I thrive on being on the road, waking up in a different place every day and having my life revolve around music. When you walk out in front of 300,000 people and pull it off, it validates you.” PeopleDifferentWalksFrontsWake UpThriveWakingDifferent Place Author:Sheryl Crow
“There's just certain styles of playing that you do play in your own way. Maybe it's in the way your fingers bend, for all I know. And so whenever you pick up the guitar it's not so much the sound of the instrument itself, it's like the ting that you add onto it-the attitude.” KnowsWayPlayCertainSoundAttitudeStylePicksInstrumentsAddFingersGuitar Author:Keith Richards
“I would define the poetic effect as the capacity that a text displays for continuing to generate different readings, without ever being completely consumed.” DifferentReadingEffectsCapacityPoeticDisplayContinuingConsumed Book:The Name of the Rose Source: The Name of the Rose
“I hope one day people don't look at women like they're out of their minds when they want to pick up an instrument and play. And I think we're getting a lot closer to that.” PeopleThinkingWantMindLooksPlayOne DayPicksInstruments Author:Joan Jett
“I'm grateful for the road. It gets me in shape. I feel like I'm 25 years old after ther first or second week.” FeelsYearsFirstsWeekShapesGrateful Author:Steven Tyler
“Being a rock 'n' roll star ain't a part-time gig.” StarsRocksRock N RollGigsPart Time Author:Steven Van Zandt
“I practice really hard, every day. I started that about 13 or 14 years ago; it's a discipline now. But the writing is a whole other thing. It'll come from handling a guitar, mostly; thinking up little guitar riffs. I was born and raised a rock 'n' roll guy, and that's the rock 'n' roll ethic, at least through my experience.” ThinkingWritingYearsLittlesHardWholeGuyBornPracticeRocksDisciplineEthicsYears AgoRaisedGuitarRock N RollBorn And Raised Author:John Fogerty
“A girl can't sing rock & roll too well. It's basically too savage.” WellsGirlRocksSavages Author:Connie Francis