“Every improv must be song specific. It has to grow organically out of the particular elements involved or it's just glib self-expression. I hate when I feel like I'm the lead guitarist in a rock band. We all gotta be going somewhere strong together, you know?” KnowsFeelsSelfTogetherHateSongStrongGrowsRocksParticularExpressionInvolvedBandElementsI HateSelf ExpressionGuitaristRock BandsStrong Together Author:David First
“It's basically against the whole idea of what always made rock&roll music interesting to me. I thought it was an unassailable outlet for some pure and natural expressions of rebellion. It was one channel you could take without havin' to kiss ass, you know? And right now it just seems like they're on a big daisy chain, each kissin' each other's asses.” KnowsUsedNaturalRocksExpressionPureKissingUsed To BeRebellionRock And RollOutletsArses Author:Keith Richards
“Rock... is the expression of elemental passions... In the ecstasy of having all their defenses torn down, the participants sink, as it were, beneath the elemental force of the universe.” UniversePassionForceRocksExpressionDefenseEcstasyTornParticipantsElementals Author:Pope Benedict XVI
“I know you're looking for a ruby in a mountain of rocks, but there ain't no Coupe de Ville hiding at the bottom of a Cracker Jack Box.” KnowsRocksExpressionMountainBottomBoxesHidingRubiesCrackers Author:Meat Loaf
“People who listen to my records expect the ballads from me. The rock 'n roll is on there because it's another mode of expression.” PeopleRecordsRocksExpressionRock N RollBallads Author:Dan Fogelberg
“We will enjoy ourselves with the forms that are given us: a human face, a hand, the breast of a woman or the body of a man, a glad or sorrowful expression, the infinite seas, the wild rocks, the melancholy language of the black trees in the snow, the wild strength of spring flowers and the heavy lethargy of a hot summer day when Pan, our old friend, sleeps and the ghosts of midday whisper. This alone is enough to make us forget the grief of the world, or to give it form.” MenWorldGivingHumansEnoughBodyHandsFacesFormLanguageGivenEnjoyBlackSleepForgetGriefTreeSeaRocksExpressionFlowerSummerSpringInfiniteHotHeavyGladGhostSnowBreastsMelancholyOld FriendsSorrowfulHuman FacesSummer DaysSpring FlowersLethargyHot Summer Author:Max Beckmann
“Rock n' roll is the most disgusting form of expression, it's brutal, malefic, a pestilential aphrodisiac, the preferred music of the delinquents of the earth.” EarthFormRocksExpressionRock N RollDisgustingBrutalAphrodisiacDelinquents Author:Frank Sinatra
“I like putting common expressions next to uncommon expressions. I'm sure in Poetry 101 there is a name for it, but it seems like you usually go one way or the other in rock music.” WaySeemsNextNamesCommonRocksExpressionLike YouOne WayRock MusicUncommon Author:Dan Bejar
“It meant a kind of real liberation of expression. It embraced amateurism in a way that I still am inspired by. It was not about trying to get, you know, stadium gigs or even commercial radio play or even record deals for that matter. It was about saying something 'cause you meant it, and expressing something that you felt. And that was primary for that - whatever the scene, whatever punk rock means, it was very, very important to me, very formative.” KnowsWayTryingKindMeanStillsImportantRealMatterPlayFeltCausesDealsRecordsRocksExpressionSceneInspiredRadioPrimariesLiberationPunkGigsStadiumsPunk RockRadio Plays Author:Jim Jarmusch
“Rock 'n Roll: The most brutal, ugly, desperate, vicious form of expression it has been my misfortune to hear.” Has BeensFormMusicRocksExpressionUglyComplainingDesperateMisfortunesRock N RollBrutalRock And RollComplaintsDesperationViciousRock N Roll Music Author:Frank Sinatra