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“Elvis might have compromised his musical style a bit towards the end, but that doesn't mean that artists from the rock n' roll/folk-roots culture - of which he was not really a part - shouldn't get better as they get older, like the great jazz or blues artists.”

Mean Ends Might Artist Culture Bits Rocks Style Roots Jazz Musical Folks Get Better Rock N Roll Musical Style

Author:Bonnie Raitt

“My God is rock'n'roll.”

Rocks Rock N Roll

Author:Lou Reed

“In the late '70s I started to search for the perfect sound - whatever that might be, before that I was mainly interested in drugs, insanity and the rock'n'roll lifestyle.”

Might Sound Perfect Rocks Drug Late Lifestyle Insanity Rock N Roll

Author:Lou Reed

“I grew up listening to a lot of player-piano music in my house and a lot of old Tin Pan Alley songs and American standards. My dad listened to a lot of traditional Irish music and I grew up doing musical theater. So most of the music I was exposed to as a kid was pre-rock n' roll.”

“But I'm a rock 'n' roll singer; that's my livelihood, my occupation.”

Rocks Singers Occupation Rock N Roll Livelihood

Author:Little Richard

“God gives us the ability, but rock 'n' roll was created by men.”

Men Giving Ability Rocks Rock N Roll

Author:Little Richard

“I am the architect of rock n' roll. I have to be a fan of all its forms.”

Form Fans Rocks Architect Rock N Roll

Author:Little Richard

“Rock 'n' roll offered me a platform to speak what I felt. It also offered me a platform to support my mama and my brothers and sisters - twelve children.”

Children Speak Felt Support Rocks Brother My Brother Rock N Roll Twelve Platforms Brothers And Sisters Mama Sister

Author:Little Richard

“If you don't know the blues... there's no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music.”

“Everyone talks about rock these days; the problem is they forget about the roll.”

Problem Forget Rocks These Days Rock N Roll Rock And Roll

Author:Keith Richards

“Good music comes out of people playing together, knowing what they want to do and going for it. You have to sweat over it and bug it to death. You can't do it by pushing buttons and watching a TV screen.”

People Want Together Knowing Tvs Screens Pushing Over It Sweat Rock N Roll Buttons Bugs Going For It Playing Together

Author:Keith Richards

“Rock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards.”

Rocks Necks Rock N Roll Rock And Roll Rock N Roll Music Rock And Roll Music

Author:Keith Richards

“This is the rock 'n' roll life, and you had to invent it as you went along. There was no textbook to say how you operate this machinery.”

Rocks Rock N Roll Machinery Textbooks

Book:Keith Richards on Keith Richards

Source: Keith Richards on Keith Richards

“Detroit: Cars and rock 'n' roll. Not a bad combo.”

Rocks Car Rock N Roll Detroit

Author:Kid Rock

“I know a lot of people who are struggling musicians; it's a hard life, and I've risked being that. The rewards are tremendous now that I've made it, I thank God every day. But I put it all on the line for it.”

People Knows Made Hard Lines Struggle Musician Rewards Made It Thank God Rock N Roll Hard Life

Author:Kid Rock

“Athletes and musicians make astronomical amounts of money. People get paid $100 million to throw a baseball! Shouldn't we all take less and pass some of that money onto others? Think about firefighters, teachers and policemen. We should celebrate people that are intellectually smart and trying to make this world a better place.”

People Thinking World Should Trying Millions Teacher This World Amount Musician Smart Baseball Paid Athlete Celebrate Rock N Roll Better Place Policemen Firefighter

Author:Kid Rock

“Bringing people together is one of my favorite things... I believed that's what a rock 'n' roll Jesus would really do - bring people together through music.”

People Together Jesus Rocks My Favorite Rock N Roll Favorites Things

Author:Kid Rock

“I used to jog but the ice cubes kept falling out of my glass.”

“Rock and roll music - the music of freedom frightens people and unleashes all manner of conservative defense mechanisms.”

People Rocks Conservative Defense Mechanism Rock N Roll Rock And Roll Defense Mechanisms Rock And Roll Music

Author:Salman Rushdie

“Rock n' roll was a kid when I was a kid.”

Kids Rocks Rock N Roll

Author:Salman Rushdie

“Rock and roll is a contact sport. I enjoy playing the tunes that really get the people going.”

People Sports Enjoy Rocks Contact Tunes Rock N Roll Rock And Roll Contact Sports

Author:Richie Sambora

“My job in this life is to give people spiritual ecstasy through music. In my concerts people cry, laugh, dance. If they climaxed spiritually, I did my job. I did it decently and honestly.”

People Ifs Giving Jobs Spiritual Life Is Laughing Cry Dance Honestly This Life Ecstasy Concerts Rock N Roll

Author:Carlos Santana

“I know I'm not the kind of person who's gonna wind up a walking jukebox, like many rock 'n' roll artists. They just play their hits and that's it. That doesn't appeal to me.”

Knows Kind Persons Play Artist Rocks Wind Walking Appeals Rock N Roll Jukebox

Author:Carlos Santana

“You can take things that Jimi Hendrix took, from Curtis Mayfield or from Buddy Guy for example, because we are all children of everything, even Picasso. But if you want to stand out, you have to learn to crystallize your existence and create your own fingerprints.”

Ifs Want Children Guy Existence Example Rock N Roll Standing Out Buddy Hendrix Fingerprints

Author:Carlos Santana

“Don't hate the media, become the media.”

Inspirational Hate Media Be Kind Rock N Roll Don't Hate

Author:Jello Biafra

“The advice I am giving always to all my students is above all to study the music profoundly... music is like the ocean, and the instruments are little or bigger islands, very beautiful for the flowers and trees.”

Giving Littles Beautiful Music Study Tree Advice Students Flower Ocean Music Is Bigger Instruments Islands Sunshine Rock N Roll Music Love Very Beautiful

Author:Andres Segovia

“The difference between blues, jazz, rock n' roll and rap is that rap stayed poor. Even the white rappers are poor. It's scarier to look at poor people; it makes everyone uncomfortable. Their pain is something that people would like to see swept under the rug.”

People Looks Pain Differences White Poor Rocks Jazz Rap Uncomfortable Rapper Rock N Roll Poor People

Author:Russell Simmons

“Music is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up until you die.”

Should Wisdom Dies Grows Forever Music Is Musical Following Mature Rock N Roll Dope Inspirational Music Music Soul Funny Music Music Life Music Is Life Music Is My Life

Author:Paul Simon

“Rock 'n Roll: The most brutal, ugly, desperate, vicious form of expression it has been my misfortune to hear.”

Has Beens Form Music Rocks Expression Ugly Complaining Desperate Misfortunes Rock N Roll Brutal Rock And Roll Complaints Desperation Vicious Rock N Roll Music

Author:Frank Sinatra

“The martial music of every sideburned delinquent on the face of the earth.”

Earth Faces Rock N Roll Delinquents Delinquency Goons

Author:Frank Sinatra

“Being in a rock n' roll band was like being in a Sherman tank. Nothing got to you. You were surrounded and protected by men.”

Men Rocks Band Rock N Roll Protected Tanks

Author:Grace Slick

“You either evolve or you don't. I don't like old people on a rock n' roll stage. I think they look pathetic, me included. And the fact that I represent an era means I can't just go out there and do all new stuff. They would all say, 'Sing 'White Rabbit,'' and I'd say no? That's rude.”

People Thinking Looks Mean I Can Facts Stuff White Rocks Stage Eras Evolve Rock N Roll Rude Old People Rabbits Pathetic New Stuff

Author:Grace Slick

“Rock n' roll is dream soup, what's your brand?”

Dream Rocks Brands Rock N Roll Soup

Author:Patti Smith

“When I was younger, I felt it was my duty to wake people up. I thought poetry was asleep. I thought rock 'n' roll was asleep.”

People Felt Rocks Duty Wake Up Rock N Roll

Author:Patti Smith

“What I wanted to do in rock'n'roll was merge poetry with sonic scapes, and the two people who had contributed so much to that were Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison.”

People Two Wanted Rocks Rock N Roll Hendrix Scapes

Author:Patti Smith

“I think the rock'n'roll myth of living on the edge is a pile of crap.”

Thinking Rocks Edges Myth Rock N Roll Crap Living On Living On The Edge

Author:Robert Smith

“Adult life is dealing with an enormous amount of questions that don't have answers. So I let the mystery settle into my music. I don't deny anything, I don't advocate anything, I just live with it.”

Life Is Answers Mystery Amount Adults Deny Enormous Settling Rock N Roll Just Live

Author:Bruce Springsteen

“When I was growing up, there were two things that were unpopular in my house. One was me, and the other was my guitar.”

Two House Growing Up Growing Guitar Two Things Rock N Roll

Author:Bruce Springsteen

“I like narrative storytelling as being part of a tradition, a folk tradition.”

Tradition Folks Storytelling Narrative Rock N Roll

Author:Bruce Springsteen

“The great thing about rock-n-roll is you realize the top of the mountain is big enough for more than one band.”

Enough Bigs Realizing Rocks Band Mountain Great Things Rock N Roll Hiking

Author:Paul Stanley

“I like Beethoven, especially the poems.”

Rock N Roll

Author:Ringo Starr

“Peter Townshend shows us it's all right to grow up. There is dignity after rock'n'roll.”

Shows Grows Growing Up Rocks Dignity Peter Rock N Roll

Author:Sting

“I like pop music. I consider rock 'n' roll to be a branch of pop music.”

Rocks Pops Branches Rock N Roll Pop Music

Author:Tom Stoppard

“He is the king. If it hadn't been for Link Wray and 'Rumble,' I would have never picked up a guitar.”

Ifs Kings Guitar Links Rock N Roll Rumble

Author:Pete Townshend

“There comes a point where it is just undignified to be a rock 'n' roll star.”

Stars Rocks Rock N Roll

Author:Tina Turner

“I wondered how people would take me being a country music singer. I thought about deviating from that and singing other things. But... it doesn't really make sense for me to try to be something that I'm not.”

People Trying Country Singing Singers Make Sense Take Me Rock N Roll

Author:Carrie Underwood

“If I could dress anyone, I'd like to dress the Queen - she can handle anything. I'd put her in black - she never wears black - and add a little leather, maybe. A little rock n' roll.”

Ifs Littles Black Rocks Dresses Add Handle Queens If I Could Rock N Roll Leather Little Rock

Author:Donatella Versace

“Most of modern rock and roll is a product of guilt.”

Modern Rocks Products Guilt Rock N Roll Rock And Roll

Author:Don Van Vliet

“Songs really are like a form of time travel because they really have moved forward in a bubble. Everyone who's connected with it, the studio's gone, the musicians are gone, and the only thing that's left is this recording which was only about a three-minute period maybe 70 years ago.”

Years Form Song Three Left Gone Minutes Periods Musician Years Ago Moved Studios Connected Bubbles Rock N Roll Time Travel

Author:Tom Waits

“What changed our lives forever was when Malcolm had the idea to sell rock 'n roll records to trendy customers.”

Ideas Forever Records Our Lives Rocks Changed Sells Customers Rock N Roll Trendy

Author:Vivienne Westwood

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