“You didn't have to be a huge rock star; you just had to do well enough to continue doing what you wanted to do. It wasn't about hitting the jackpot, it was about sustainability.” WellsEnoughWantedStarsRocksHugeSustainabilityHittingRock StarJackpot Author:Michael Azerrad
“For many years I wanted to be a rock star but of course that didn't work out. I did however write on napkins and pieces of paper sentences and occurrences. I decided maybe I should write a book because I had been writing so much. I'm actually writing a book based on The Room that will hopefully be published soon.” ShouldWritingYearsBookWantedCoursesStarsRoomsPiecesRocksPaperDecidedWork OutSentencesHopefullyRock StarWriting A BookNapkins Author:Tommy Wiseau
“My boyfriend isn't a rock star. His values are rock solid. We met at a dinner and he made me laugh.” MadeValuesStarsLaughingRocksMetsDinnerRock StarMy Boyfriend Author:Alek Wek
“A lot of young artists and musicians that we work with, you think they're gonna want to come in and buy the rock star-looking leather jacket - whatever it is that you think they're gonna want. They all want a suit. They want a tuxedo jacket, they want a suit. They don't want to look like their dad in it, but they want a suit.” ThinkingWantLooksYoungArtistStarsRocksDadMusicianSuitsRock StarJacketsLeatherYoung ArtistsLeather JacketsTuxedos Author:Paul Weller
“The term "rock" has, unfortunately, become appropriated by four-year-old girls and accountants. An accountant does something amazingly well on the stock exchange and his buddies high-five him: He's a rock star! A four-year-old girl learned to ride a bicycle: She's a rock star!” YearsWellsDoeGirlStarsTermFiveFourRocksFour YearsRock StarBuddyBicycleAccountantsStock Exchange Author:Ian Astbury
“What is the popular image of rock star? A rail-thin, overly-paid, narcissistic, average-talented individual who self-implodes in front of everybody, eternally having a party and who looks eternally youthful?” LooksSelfIndividualStarsPartyRocksFrontsPaidAverageRock StarNarcissisticRail Author:Ian Astbury
“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.” RealStarsRocksPlanetsRapRock N RollRock Star Author:Kanye West
“I just don't think we think about jurists as rock stars or great thinkers, particularly in the political world.” ThinkingWorldPoliticalStarsRocksThinkerRock StarGreat ThinkersJurists Author:Dahlia Lithwick
“Basically [Louise] Brandeis was a Jeffersonian. And you say the timing is great, and it is in a lot of senses, except not for [Tomas] Jefferson, because this is a Hamiltonian moment, and he's the rock star of the minute with a great musical.” MomentsStarsMinutesRocksMusicalSensesTimingRock StarGreat MusicTomas Jefferson Author:Jeffrey Rosen
“Every single night, there seemed to be the same seven or eight guys - Harry Nilsson, myself, Mickey Dolenz, Bernie Taupin, Keith Moon when he was in town. It was actually sort of a social club - drinking club - for rock stars that drank - seriously drank.” NightGuySocialStarsRocksMoonTownsDrinkingSevenClubsEightRock StarDrankMickeyKeith Author:Alice Cooper
“I guess we all had that work ethic. None of us were rock stars, so if you had time in a studio, it was a big, big deal: you're not going to sit around taking drugs and drinking and waste it, you'll do something.” IfsBigsStarsDealsRocksDrugWasteEthicsDrinkingStudiosWork EthicBig DealRock Star Author:David Toop
“Everything's immediately diminished. That's why there's no real rock stars anymore. People are too accessible.” PeopleRealStarsRocksRock Star Author:Matthew Healy
“I've watched so many women, from Kathleen Hanna all the way up to Taylor Swift, whether they're pop artists or rock stars or fine artists or writers, it is the subhistory of female artists that if you're going to make art, you're also going to have a full-time job of defending your right to make art.” IfsWayArtJobsArtistStarsRocksFineFemalePopsRock StarFine ArtsPop ArtFull Time JobsFine ArtistsFemale Artists Author:Amanda Palmer
“For years, I've had a hankering for the portrait of Benjamin Franklin by Joseph Duplessis. Franklin is credited with so many inventions: the postal system, lightning rods, the constitution. He was a rock star before there was such a thing.” YearsStarsRocksConstitutionInventionLightningPortraitsRock StarFranklinHankering Author:Jon Bon Jovi