“I think my wife saw a picture of the rock group Journey, and they're kind of aging, and the one guy had dyed blonde hair with black roots, and... my idea was to get a little earring, I wanted to have a dangling earring.” ThinkingKindLittlesIdeasWantedGuyBlackSawsWifeGroupsJourneyRocksHairRootsAgingMy WifeBlondeEarringsBlonde Hair Author:Fred Willard
“Unlike a child in a totally urban environment, my friends and peer group were not only other children, but also wild and domesticated animals, plants of every sort, brooks and waterfalls, rocks and sand.” ChildrenAnimalEnvironmentGroupsRocksMy FriendsPlantSandUrbanPeersBrooksWaterfallsPeer GroupDomesticated AnimalsUrban Environment Author:Freeman Patterson
“You have to be talented and you have to be lucky. Record companies are not signing classic rock groups anymore.” CompanyRecordsGroupsRocksLuckyClassicSigningRecord CompaniesClassic Rock Author:Leslie West
“It's just natural, it's not a great disaster. People keep talking about it like it's The End of The Earth. It's only a rock group that split up, it's nothing important. You know, you have all the old records there if you want to reminisce.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantImportantEndsEarthNaturalTalkingMusicRecordsGroupsRocksMusic IsDisasterSplitsReminiscingKeep TalkingOld Records Author:John Lennon
“I used to play Saturday night shows with different little groups. If I could get a show, I would do it. I used to do mad things - I used to go and do these shows and go on my knees and roll on the ground - when I was 15,16 years old. And my parents were extremely disapproving of it all. Because it was just not done. This was for very low-class people, remember. Rock & roll singers weren't educated people” PeopleIfsYearsLittlesDifferentDonePlayShowsRememberUsedNightParentClassGroupsRocksGoes OnLowsMadSingersEducatedKneesIf I CouldSaturdaySaturday NightDisapproving Author:Mick Jagger
“I was in punk rock bands, heavy metal bands, world music bands, jazz groups, any type of music that would take me. I just love music.” WorldGroupsRocksTypeBandJazzHeavyTake MeMetalsPunkMusic LovePunk RockRock BandsHeavy MetalWorld MusicMetal Band Author:Reggie Watts
“Up north, you could find these radio stations with no name on the dials that played pre-rock 'n' roll things - country blues. We would hear Slim Harpo or Lightnin' Slim and gospel groups, the Dixie Hummingbirds, the Five Blind Boys of Alabama. I was so far north, I didn't even know where Alabama was.” KnowsCountryNamesBoysFiveGroupsRocksBlindRadioStationsRock N RollAlabamaSlimRadio StationsHummingbirdsDixieUp North Author:Bob Dylan
“Mick Jagger can't even make a successful solo album, and the Stones are the biggest rock group that ever was.” SuccessfulGroupsRocksStonesAlbumsSoloJagger Author:Don Henley
“Will Young. He's a great white soul singer. But he was slightly disappointing when I met him - not that friendly. Perhaps he was having a bad day. I love Take That, they're terrific. Gary Barlow is so talented. I've always hated punk rock and I'm not mad about rapping, but then it's not really for my age group.” SoulAgeYoungWhiteGroupsRocksMetsMadRapSingersHatedFriendlyPunkTerrificBad DayDisappointingPunk RockGaryHaving A Bad Day Author:Tony Blackburn
“The whole reputation of being a rock guitar player, I could really care less about it. Still, when I hear new groups today I do occasionally hear something where I think... ahh, I've heard that lick before.” ThinkingStillsWholeCareTodayPlayerHeardGroupsRocksGuitarReputationGuitar Player Author:Tom Verlaine
“Today it feels as if rock'n'roll has sort of turned in on its self, kids are 'rockin' to the same groups their parents do/did. We've seen it recently with The Stone Roses reunion shows, quite unique but is it healthy. Wasn't the 60's about rebelling against the tastes of your parents?” IfsFeelsSelfShowsKidsTodayParentGroupsRocksHealthyTasteUniqueStonesRoseRock N RollReunion Author:Andrew Loog Oldham
“When you think of diversity, George Duke fits that bill better than a lot of people. He's played a lot of straight-ahead jazz with people like Nancy Wilson and Cannonball Adderley; he's played a lot of fusion with his own groups, with Stanley Clarke; and, you know, he did the rock thing with Frank Zappa. He's written all kinds of big arrangements for people like Burt Bacharach. So, he's covered the board. He's still a great pianist.” PeopleThinkingKnowsKindStillsBigsWrittenGroupsRocksFitDiversityBillsJazzAll KindsBoardsCoveredFrankArrangementsDukesPianistWilsonFusionNancyStanleyZappaCannonballs Author:Christian McBride
“There is nothing conceptually better than rock 'n' roll. No group, be it Beatles, Dylan or Stones, have ever improved on Whole Lot of Shaking for my money. Or maybe I'm like our parents: that's my period and I dig it and I'll never leave it.” WholeParentGroupsRocksPeriodsStonesRock N RollDylanShakingBeatles Peace Author:John Lennon
“The only problem was I needed to use my own group, and things didn't happen until I did. It wasn't a real country sound, what I did. I've listened to it, and I think it was more a west coast rock thing, you know? But it fit. It was country, but it was my own interpretation of country.” ThinkingKnowsRealCountryUseProblemHappensSoundMy OwnGroupsRocksNeededFitWestInterpretationCoastWest Coast Author:Waylon Jennings
“Emerson, Lake & Palmer or King Crimson or Gentle Giant - the worst prog rock references I can come up with. Though I totally loved those groups as a kid.” I CanKidsGroupsWorstRocksKingsCome UpGentleGiantsLakesCrimsonKing Crimson Author:Duncan Sheik
“I was in bands as a singer-guitarist-songwriter until 1980-81. So, there's a bunch of stuff. A lot of the stuff is hard to come by-stuff by the Special Interest Group and the Zobo Funn Band. The Zobo Funn Band was a big Northeast cult band. We had about a billion skirmishes with the big rock industry.” HardBigsStuffInterestGroupsSpecialRocksIndustryBandSingersBillionsBunchSongwritersCultGuitaristSpecial InterestsInterest GroupsSpecial Interest Groups Author:David Torn
“It's really an orchestral piece featuring a group and it was quite revolutionary at the time and it in fact, it kicked Deep Purple off as a name in Great Britain because it made all the newspapers. Everyone was writing about us. And there was some confusion as to what kind of band we were after that, which is why Deep Purple in Rock is such a hard unbending album of really furious hard heavy rock. Heavy metal hadn't been invented at that point.” WritingKindMadeHardFactsNamesPiecesGroupsRocksBandAlbumsHeavyNewspapersConfusionRevolutionaryBritainMetalsPurpleFuriousGreat BritainHeavy MetalDeep Purple Author:Roger Glover