“I started going to rock shows at a really young age, and seeing other young people make music definitely influenced me.” PeopleShowsAgeYoungSeeingRocksYoung Age Author:Frankie Cosmos
“This is rock'n'roll, not classical music. It's about people working together.” PeopleTogetherRocksWorking TogetherRock N RollClassical Music Author:Cass McCombs
“Critics and fans use the music of their youth as reference points. For years, people seriously wondered who "the next Beatles" were going to be, and classic rock bands were the de facto yardstick for rock quality.” PeopleYearsUseNextQualityFansRocksYouthBandCriticsClassicRock BandsYardsticksClassic Rock Author:Michael Azerrad
“Licensing is how indie rock people make a living these days, so whatever about that. But I want good films and good placement for the songs because I want to be exclusive. I don't want to just sign it away because I don't want songs to lose meaning, but I'm also...I don't care [that] Wilco sold songs to Volkswagen. That's great. They probably drive Volkswagens.” PeopleWantCareFilmSongLosesRocksDon't CareThese DaysI Don't CareExclusiveGood FilmsPlacementOld SongLicensingIndie RockVolkswagens Author:Justin Vernon
“More and more into natural feelings rather than convoluted feelings or tastemaking or what have you. You always need critique, rock critics, but you can't take away people's taste. People are starting to, very slowly, do their own thing.” PeopleNeedsFeelingsNaturalRocksTasteCriticsStartingCritiqueConvolutedNatural Feelings Author:Justin Vernon
“People have a hard time going to a club and seeing this business tool on stage that's wholly indicative of everything that rock is not. Rock is not about sitting in an office setting up documents, yet they see someone on stage doing that.” PeopleHardSeeingRocksStageOfficeSittingToolsClubsSettingSettingsHard TimesDocuments Author:Keith Fullerton Whitman
“My whole view of music completely flipped over on its head. I grew up listening to punk rock, SST. I liked people that were making music that weren't necessarily very good at their instruments, it was more about the ideas they had than how well they could play and sing.” PeopleWellsIdeasPlayWholeViewsRocksListeningGrewGrew UpInstrumentsVery GoodPunkPunk RockFlipped Author:Doug Martsch
“Maybe people are finally tiring of watered down grunge rock on the radio.” PeopleRocksRadioTireGrunge Author:Brian Chippendale
“People can rock together, people can do great things together, and that's what you love when you're working with characters and it's all going well.” PeopleWellsCharacterTogetherCan DoRocksGreat ThingsWhat You Love Author:Jamie Lidell
“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.” PeopleKindGivenMillionsRecordsRocksFameSellsHallsRock N RollTrophiesHall Of Fame Author:Tommy Ramone
“I'm going to try to do as many styles as I can. A salsa number, rock and roll, country.... I've talked to a million people about it. Obviously, I'd love Prince to do it. I'm sure he'll produce the whole album for me.” PeopleTryingI CanCountryWholeNumbersMillionsRocksStyleProduceAlbumsRock And RollSalsa Author:Paul Reubens
“Over my career, I'd say the last 25 years; we've gone from music and computer being for 10 people in the world to having personal computers, to now being able to do amazing things on your iPhone, or with Rock Band. So, right now there's enormous capability with technology in our devices that everybody has access to.” PeopleWorldYearsAbleLastsCareersTechnologyGoneRocksRight NowBandComputerAccessEnormousDevicesCapabilityAmazing ThingsIphoneRock BandsPersonal Computers Author:Tod Machover
“I think there are so many activities going on, like mountaineering. You know, you would pay good money not to have to do that, and yet there are people racing out who want to spend their spare time clambering up rocks.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantPayRocksActivityRacingSparesMountaineeringSpare TimeGood Money Author:John Cleese
“A girl playing rock and roll, it's saying I own my sexuality and I'm going to tell you what I'm going to do. And I think people just find that threatening.” PeopleThinkingGirlRocksSexualityRock And RollThreatening Author:Joan Jett
“So Bach, Beethoven, Duke Ellington, Thelonius Monk, these are all people who would sort of rearrange or take riffs from people. Same thing with rock, if you look at the Rolling Stones doing a cover of Otis Redding or you know if you look at literature James Joyce is pulling fragments of text from other people.” PeopleIfsKnowsLooksLiteratureRocksStonesRollingPullingFragmentsMonkDukesRolling StonesJoyce Author:DJ Spooky
“It's nice that psychedelic music is kind of a buzzword. When I started with Vincent Black Shadow, stoner-rock was getting big, but it was more of a riff-oriented thing. Now people are starting to get into the 60's-Pink Floyd-acid-pop viewpoint.” PeopleKindBigsBlackNiceRocksMusic IsShadowStartingPopsAcidPsychedelicViewpointsStoners Author:Mike Romano
“I'm glad people think I'm a badass. I'm a rock and roller, and I'm an R&B and a blueswoman. I don't do fairy music, although I love Celtic music and sensitive music. There's a balance between ballads and kick-ass songs.” PeopleThinkingSongRocksBalanceGladAssSensitiveKicksFairyBadassBalladsCelticKick AssCeltic Music Author:Bonnie Raitt
“Everything's immediately diminished. That's why there's no real rock stars anymore. People are too accessible.” PeopleRealStarsRocksRock Star Author:Matthew Healy
“People from the rock and roll world have felt for years that electronic music had no soul, but now electronic music can not only have soul but have all the shapes in the world.” PeopleWorldYearsSoulFeltRocksShapesRock And RollCan NotElectronic Music Author:Bjork
“We've seen progressive rock all over the world, in South America, Europe, Asia, across the US and North America and Australia. There's huge audiences for this stuff. For me it's always been there and it's just a matter of time before the people have more of the means to spread the word.” PeopleWorldMeanMatterAmericaStuffAudienceRocksHugeEuropeSouthSpreadAustraliaProgressiveAsiaNorth AmericaSouth AmericaMatter Of Time Author:John Petrucci
“Rock-and-roll was an example of change in the body of the culture. I think it's really what helped bring the anti-war movement to its peak and moved people into the streets to seize the day - the movement was the embodiment of what was happening in the music. This is what taught me that it was possible to bring art and activism together. Without that piece, that energetic embodiment piece, the rest is just intellectual construct.” PeopleThinkingArtWarBodyTogetherCulturePiecesStreetsRocksExampleMovementTaughtIntellectualHappeningsMovedActivismAnti WarRock And RollConstructsEnergeticEmbodimentSeize The DayAnti War Movement Author:Eve Ensler