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“The great thing about rock and roll is that someone like me can be a star.”

Inspirational Stars Rocks Great Things Like Me Rock N Roll Rock And Roll

“I think performers are all show-offs anyway, especially musicians. Unless you show off, you're not going to get noticed.”

Thinking Shows Musician Performers Rock N Roll Showing Off

Author:Elton John

“When Little Richard used to stand up and play it was just fabulous, and Liberace had the candlesticks and the rings and the gift of the gab. The piano's is the most ungainly rock' n' roll instrument of all time but those two people transcended it, as did Jerry Lee Lewis.”

People Littles Two Play Used Rocks Instruments Rings All Time Piano Rock N Roll Fabulous Jerry

Author:Elton John

“I discovered rock'n'roll. You could go round Europe in a van with your best mates, drinking beer, smoking dope and screwing chicks.”

Rocks Europe Drinking Rounds Beer Smoking Mates Rock N Roll Vans Chicks Dope Drinking Beer Smoking Dope

Author:Ozzy Osbourne

“How can you go on stage and shout 'Yeah! Rock'n'roll forever!' and then go to bed at 10 o'clock with a nightcap on, a candle in your hand and a Bible under your arm?”

Hands Forever Rocks Stage Arms Goes On Bed Yeah Clock Candle Rock N Roll Nightcap

Author:Ozzy Osbourne

“If I'm boxing, I'll probably have rap on, or something a little more angry. If I'm lifting, maybe some rock 'n' roll. If I'm doing some cardio, something fast paced.”

Ifs Littles Rocks Angry Rap Boxing Rock N Roll Lifting Fast Paced Cardio

Author:Steven R. McQueen

“I grew up listening to blues and rock 'n' roll and other music, but, legitimately, the Stones is one of my favorite bands in the world.”

World Rocks Listening Grew Band Grew Up Stones My Favorite Rock N Roll Favorite Bands

Author:Ato Essandoh

“I wanted to learn a little bit about acting, not because I thought I'd find a star vehicle and set the world on fire, but I thought the discipline of it would be good for me. I met a good coach, and I joined her class - with a lot of hungry young actors who really didn't acre if I was a rock 'n' roll singer or not. I started to learn to get a focus, without having to jump up and down every few seconds.”

“If you're into comedy, you will know what the show is about. We have so many comedy geeks, comedy enthusiasts, fanatical people who go to comedy festivals and follow comedians, and really treat it like rock 'n' roll - which it can be, but more like the geeky rock 'n' roll.”

People Ifs Knows Shows Comedy Rocks Treats Comedian Rock N Roll Festivals Geek

Author:Rhys Darby

“They thought we were just basically keeping ourselves underground on purpose. And it was just strange for people to approach music that way. And for rap, trying to get recognition, and be seen as a regular form of music like anything else. I mean, the Soul, R&B, Rock 'N Roll, they would dis the hell out of rap when it first came out.”

People Way Trying Firsts Mean Soul Form Purpose Hell Rocks Strange Approach Rap Recognition Rock N Roll

Author:Ice Cube

“Progression is important. I'm always going to play music in the general vein of rock'n'roll, but when I started I was very much associated with the West Coast lo-fi thing and I didn't want to get anchored in with anything that was just in vogue for the time being.”

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Author:Dee Dee Ramone

“This is rock'n'roll, not classical music. It's about people working together.”

People Together Rocks Working Together Rock N Roll Classical Music

Author:Cass McCombs

“The music that I have always liked has always been more rooted in anger or sadness or alienation or any of those inspirational factors that drove rock'n'roll, gospel, and blues. I tend not to value a more pop aesthetic.”

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Author:DJ Shadow

“Like the song "Stereo", to me that's like, kind of hip-hop in that slacker way. There's some slackerisms mixed in with that stuff, but it wasn't really conscious, I guess. When things would get more typical rock'n'roll that was my fallback to go to those kind of lyrics instead of the alternatives.”

Way Kind Song Stuff Rocks Conscious Hip Hop Hips Alternatives Hops Rock N Roll Typical Slacker

Author:Stephen Malkmus

“In the rock 'n roll slang world, they're called rock doctors, or rock docs. They would come out to shows and like to hang backstage. You could get a prescription for anything you want from them. They just want to hang out and party. It's crazy because you can get a prescription to anything. It doesn't even matter what kind of doctor they are.”

World Want Kind Matter Shows Party Crazy Rocks Doctors Hanging Out Rock N Roll Prescriptions Slang

Author:Reginald Arvizu

“When you get into rock 'n' roll myths, like that Rod Stewart blew his whole band and had to get his stomach pumped, it's ridiculous, but everyone's heard it.”

Whole Heard Rocks Band Myth Ridiculous Stomach Rock N Roll

Author:Craig Finn

“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.”

Way Grows Growing Up Rocks Communicate Singers Mediums Rock N Roll Express Yourself Instrumentation

Author:Matt Tong

“Most of the people who are given these Rock'n'roll Hall of Fame things sell millions of records, so it's kind of like a trophy for them.”

People Kind Given Millions Records Rocks Fame Sells Halls Rock N Roll Trophies Hall Of Fame

Author:Tommy Ramone

“When I started covering The Beatles and The Rolling Stones in a rock 'n' roll band, it helped me realize that my natural voice is actually really high. It helped me find my voice.”

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Author:Gotye

“Rap is rock 'n' roll. Rock is when you push the buttons in the system; when you say, I'm not going along with what you're saying. That's rock, whether it's done with guitars, or it's done with just beats.”

Done Rocks Beats Guitar Rap Rock N Roll Buttons

Author:Ice T

“Rap is the new rock 'n' roll. We the real rock stars, and I'm the biggest of all of them. I'm the No. 1 rock star on the planet.”

Real Stars Rocks Planets Rap Rock N Roll Rock Star

Author:Kanye West

“Jazz, isn't that just a series of mistakes diguised as musical composition?”

Mistake Jazz Series Musical Rock N Roll Composition Musical Composition

Author:Michael McKean

“Senator [George] Mitchell is a man of many talents and he's swift on his feet, but one would not think of him as 'dancing with the stars.' And we had this great rock 'n' roll fund raiser.”

Thinking Men Stars Feet Rocks Talent Dancing Fund Rock N Roll Senators Dancing With The Stars

Author:Barbara Mikulski

“Rock'n'roll to me is a rebellion against the sterile pedestal culture of movies.”

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Author:Juliette Lewis

“Johnny [Depp] got this rock 'n' roll old soul to him. If I say a song, he goes, 'Oh yeah. I know that song.' A song he shouldn't know, a song that's not his generation at all. So he might as well have been there.”

Ifs Knows Wells Has Beens Soul Might Song Generations Rocks Yeah Rock N Roll Old Soul

Author:Alice Cooper

“Julieanne Smolinksi has a history in rock journalism and she's a huge rock 'n' roll fan, and she was a huge fan of Ava (Elaine Hendrix) and Gigi (Elizabeth Gillies) and of the actresses. I was really lucky to get her, in between seasons on Grace and Frankie.”

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Author:Denis Leary

“That's the great thing about rock n' roll: the myth is ultimately more important than the reality. And that's what you learn - you just learn to go with the mythology.”

Important Reality Rocks Myth Mythology Great Things Rock N Roll

Author:Billy Corgan

“The mythology in rock n' roll is that I'm a bit of a loose cannon. Yet I've produced more music than anybody in my generation. So how much of a loose cannon am I? But the general public believes that I'm a loose cannon, so let them believe it. I'm not going to correct them.”

Believe Bits Generations Rocks Mythology Rock N Roll My Generation Cannons General Public

Author:Billy Corgan

“Biggest lesson I've ever had in life is that blues had a baby and they named it rock 'n' roll.”

Life Is Rocks Baby Lessons Rock N Roll

Author:Sinead O'Connor

“I'm fifty-six years old - I'm as old as rock 'n roll.”

Years Rocks Six Fifty Rock N Roll Six Year Olds

Author:Don Letts

“This is the way I look at sex scenes: I have basically been doing them for a living for years. Trying to seduce an audience is the basis of rock 'n roll, and if I may say so, I'm pretty good at it.”

Ifs Way Trying Years Looks May Sex Audience Rocks Scene Bases Rock N Roll Seducing Sex Drugs And Rock And Roll

Author:Jon Bon Jovi

“I'm not interested in popular culture. I hate Quentin Tarantino. I rarely go to movies. I hate rock 'n' roll. I work. I think. I listen to classical music. I brood. I like sports cars.”

Thinking Hate Culture Sports Rocks Car I Hate Rock N Roll Not Interested Classical Music Popular Culture Quentin Tarantino Sports Cars

Author:James Ellroy

“In this country, particularly, actually in times that are difficult, or from corners of America where you least expect it, unbelievable pure creativity has welled up. Generally because of the cross-fertilization... a Scott Joplin tune becomes jazz, becomes blues, and becomes rock 'n' roll.”

Country America Difficult Creativity Rocks Pure Crosses Jazz Corners Tunes Rock N Roll Unbelievable Fertilization

Author:Baz Luhrmann

“What excited me when I first came into it was the performing aspect and doing blues-oriented material, rock/blues oriented stuff, basic stuff, basic what they call rock 'n' roll.”

Firsts Stuff Rocks Materials Aspect Excited Performing Rock N Roll

Author:Van Morrison

“The music I really like to get off on is the old rhythm 'n' blues and rock 'n' roll stuff... that's what I really dig. And I also dig to sing ballads as well. And I also dig writing my own songs. I was just trying to find a way of integrating the whole thing, taking a look at the total picture.”

Way Writing Trying Wells Looks Whole Song Stuff My Own Rocks Rhythm Rock N Roll Integrating Ballads

Author:Van Morrison

“It's the same thing as a primitive of Africans, Indians, nomads or whatever - when they start getting up and doing their ritual and doing the dance, it's just what's coming through. It's the spirit. Rock 'n' roll is still primitive.”

Stills Spirit Rocks Ritual Rock N Roll Primitive Nomad

Author:Van Morrison

“We might think that we're really intellectual and we're going to check out the library to research the meaning every time somebody puts out a new record. It's still primitive stuff. It's the same now as it was at the beginning. It's no different now. Rock 'n' roll is spirit music-it's just coming through people.”

People Thinking Stills Different Might Spirit Stuff Records Rocks Intellectual Research Library Checks Rock N Roll Primitive

Author:Van Morrison

“When you start to analyze [rock 'n' roll], it's only because you don't understand it. You're just not connecting with it once you have to start analyzing it.”

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Author:Van Morrison

“We're [with Robbie Robertson ] jazz musicians. The context may be rock 'n' roll but it's still jazz. It's jazz and that means improvization...you play a tune the way it feels and you play it differently every time. It can never be the same.”

Way Feels May Mean Stills Play Rocks Musician Jazz Tunes Rock N Roll Jazz Music Jazz Musician

Author:Van Morrison

“Definitely Muddy Waters has been a prime influence for anybody who's ever done anything rock 'n' roll.”

Has Beens Done Water Influence Rocks Prime Rock N Roll Muddy

Author:Van Morrison

“When I first started drinking, everybody was doing it. That was before they discovered marijuana and all that. It was the late 50s, early 60s - it was the beginnings of the rock 'n' roll era. The main drink was like wine. And even that was a romantic throwback to something.”

Firsts Rocks Drink Late Wine Drinking Eras Marijuana Rock N Roll Throwback

Author:Van Morrison

“I can see more naturalness in basic blues, basic R & B, basic rock 'n' roll.”

I Can Rocks Rock N Roll

Author:Van Morrison

“Rock is gut level and it just gets to people. I think there's far too much emphasis on intellectualization, especially in rock 'n' roll which is a primitive form.”

People Thinking Form Levels Too Much Rocks Guts Rock N Roll Primitive Emphasis

Author:Van Morrison

“[Rock 'n' roll] is still a primitive form and there's no way you can get away from that. It's one of the primitive art forms and that's why it's good and that's why it's lasted...you know, it hasn't become sophisticated and it's not in the opera house.”

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Author:Van Morrison

“[Rock 'n' roll] music started out with some cat banging a log with a couple of pieces of stick. He sent a message across a river and although the cat on the other side receiving the message didn't know the exact words, he did understand basically something about what was being communicated.”

Knows Sides Pieces Rocks Couple Messages Rivers Cat Sticks Rock N Roll Receiving Banging Rock N Roll Music

Author:Van Morrison

“If you want to put your rock 'n' roll into mythology, [A Period of Transition] is from the Daddy Cool school.”

Ifs Want School Rocks Periods Mythology Transition Rock N Roll Daddy

Author:Van Morrison

“We know what we are doing by now.We seem to make an album every 18 months or so and I think every band should do that. We're not writing "Sgt. Pepper" every time; we are writing straight ahead rock n' roll.”

Thinking Knows Should Writing Seems Rocks Months Band Albums Rock N Roll Peppers Sgt Pepper

Author:Lemmy Kilmister

“Music had been going on a long time before that. You have to remember that before rock n' roll there were a bunch of jazz musicians all doing heroin. That sh*t has been around a long time.”

Long Has Beens Remember Rocks Musician Long Time Jazz Bunch Rock N Roll Jazz Music Heroin Jazz Musician

Author:Lemmy Kilmister

“Maybe I'm not giving people in the audience enough credit for actually thinking about what they're singing, but it's awesome when a rock'n'roll groove and melody can transport something from Barometer Rising or whatever [ed: it's from 1958's The Watch That Ends the Night] into [Toronto's] Molson Ampitheatre and have people just owning it.”

People Thinking Giving Ends Enough Night Watches Audience Rocks Singing Credit Rising Melody Rock N Roll Transport Toronto Groove Barometer Owning It

Author:Sarah Harmer

“Rock n' roll is over, don't you get it? It lasted 25 years and now gets wiped out. The Sex Pistols were the bullet in the brain. They were the last rock and roll band.”

Years Lasts Sex Brain Rocks Band Rock N Roll Bullets Rock And Roll Pistols Sex Pistols

Author:John Lydon

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