“Just the other day I pulled out this old cassette of Ragged Glory and I popped it into my cassette player and I was digging it. They were just a great rock and roll band, one that presents the song ahead of everything else - there's no grand idea or concept behind it.” IdeasSongBehindsPlayerRocksBandGloryConceptsRock And RollDiggingRaggedCassettes Author:Krist Novoselic
“The new album is a childhood dream come true. Got to sing with Ronnie Spector, got to cover a bunch of songs that were influential in drawing a line between the punk form and original rock and roll.” DreamFormSongLinesChildhoodRocksOriginalsAlbumsDrawingBunchPunkRock And RollDreams Come TrueInfluentialChildhood Dreams Author:Gerald Caiafa
“Anyone who's got a guitar, you like to pick it up. I can play a couple of songs, some '50s rock and roll, a bit of Elvis. That's it, really - I'm not a musician, I'm not a singer.” I CanPlaySongBitsRocksCoupleMusicianPicksGuitarSingersRock And Roll Author:Aaron Taylor-Johnson
“My father's a musician and my mother's a singer. My dad's originally from Brooklyn and he was a Latin percussionist so I've always had instruments around the house. He used to have a show like a 1950s rock and roll show with Little Richard music. They would do doo-wop songs and stuff like that.” LittlesShowsUsedMotherSongFatherHouseStuffRocksDadMusicianInstrumentsMy DadSingersLatinRock And RollBrooklyn Author:Bruno Mars
“Most people don't listen to classical music at all, but to rock-and-roll or hillbilly songs or some album named Music To Listen To Music By.” PeopleSongRocksAlbumsRock And RollListening To MusicClassical MusicHillbilly Book:A sad heart at the supermarket: essays & fables Source: A sad heart at the supermarket: essays & fables
“It's the same at a rock-and-roll concert. You have an opening number with a strong entrance; then you go through a lot of the old standards, building up to your hit song at the end.” EndsSongStrongNumbersAtheismRocksBuildingStandardsPositive AtheismOpeningConcertsRock And RollEntrancesBuilding Up Author:Marjoe Gortner
“People didn't know certain things about me, which... I was out of creative writing class in school, Syracuse University; had a B.A. in English and wanted to write the great American novel but I also loved rock and roll. I was in bar bands all through college, playing fraternities and have to know all the songs in the top 10. That kind of thing.” PeopleKnowsWritingKindWantedSchoolCertainSongClassNovelCreativeRocksCollegeBandUniversityBarsRock And RollCreative WritingGreat AmericanFraternityTop 10SyracuseClasses In School Author:Lou Reed
“We are a band that stylistically crosses a lot of barriers and generational gaps. The heavier portion of the band, the modern music elements, the visual part of the band appeal to a younger audience. For an older audience, we have chops and great songs that are reminiscent of the things that were great about rock and roll when they enjoyed it. We're the kind of band that can cross those lines.” KindSongLinesAudienceModernRocksBandElementsCrossesEnjoyedAppealsVisualsBarriersGapsPortionsRock And RollModern Music Author:Andy Biersack
“If I write songs and I think they sound good, then that's it. That's what I do. I'm not a technical musician, which is fine for rock and roll.” IfsThinkingWritingSongSoundRocksFineMusicianRock And Roll Author:Creed Bratton