“We've got great fans that rock and roll won't have, because you can have a one-hit record and country music used to, not so much anymore and you have a fan forever.” CountryUsedForeverRecordsFansRocksRock And RollGreat Fans Author:Tanya Tucker
“Rock and Roll has certainly tried to take its toll on me. I'd rather not talk about my past excesses here, although some hardcore rockers might argue that those excesses were responsible for some great records, but I know which side I came out on.” KnowsMightPastSidesRecordsRocksResponsibleArguingExcessRock And RollMy PastTollsHardcoreRockers Author:Tony Visconti
“I just know that, right now, ... the biggest record selling business there is is rock and roll.” KnowsRecordsRocksRight NowSellingRock And Roll Author:Elvis Presley
“Rock and roll seems to have had a mellowing in the business where it got harder to sell individual records and make money doing that.” SeemsIndividualRecordsRocksHarderSellsMaking MoneyRock And Roll Author:Conor Oberst
“The first rule of rock and roll is it's all about live. Then you have to learn a second craft, which is making records. It should go in that order.” ShouldFirstsOrderRecordsRocksCraftsRock And Roll Author:Steven Van Zandt
“It's really hard to make records and concentrate and have a free mind, because I have this whole other life. If you don't have kids it's a whole other thing. I think you can be fifty and still have a rock and roll lifestyle; you can still perpetuate that.” IfsThinkingMindStillsHardWholeKidsRecordsRocksLifestyleFiftyRock And Roll Author:Pat Benatar
“I loved rock and roll when that came in, Bill Haley, Little Richard, Fats Domino, Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley, all those great records. So I begged my mom and dad for a guitar, which eventually they did get me for Christmas, but it went out of tune very quickly, and it hurt my fingers.” LittlesHurtRecordsRocksMomDadBillsFingersGuitarMy MomFatsTunesIt HurtsRock And RollBuddyMom And DadHolliesHaleyFats Domino Author:Ian McLagan
“Every time I bought a Rock and Roll record, I bought a classical record at the same time. I like each as well as the other.” WellsRecordsRocksRock And Roll Author:Klaus Nomi
“This is a record I ended up having to make to get on to the next stage of my life. What I did was a desperate thing to do. I'm aware of the fact that it was irrational. I didn't mean to make it sound like it was my master plan. The tour had even been going all right, but I was just kind of fed up with the situation as it was, playing the same old rock and roll crap that everyone goes through, the general moaning when you really should be grateful that you don't work in the checkout counter at the grocery.” ShouldKindMeanFactsNextSoundSituationRecordsPlansRocksStageMastersGratefulThings To DoDesperateFedsCrapIrrationalBe GratefulRock And RollGroceriesFed UpMoaningCheckoutsOld Rock Author:Luke Haines