“There is something elegantly sinister about the Rolling Stones. They sit before you at a press conference like five unfolding switchblades; their faces set in rehearsed snarls; their hair studiously unkempt and matted; their clothes part of some private conceit; and the way they walk and talk and the songs they sing all become part of some long mean reach for the jugular.” WayMeanLongFacesSongWalksFiveHairClothesStonesPressesRollingConferencesConceitUnfoldingRolling StonesSinisterPress Conferences Author:Pete Hamill
“That culture, of looking at catchy music as a negative thing, is weird. It has nothing to do with me, or the music I was into growing up. The Stones and the Beatles only tried to write hits. Every Motown song, every Credence Clearwater song - they were trying to write hits.” WritingTryingSongCultureGrowing UpGrowingNegativeStonesCatchyMotownCredence Author:Dan Auerbach
“If you are any competent musician, if you have creative ideas, ideas of songs, of arrangements, in a band like the Stones, where these 2 people do all the things, there is no freedom.” PeopleIfsIdeasSongCreativeBandMusicianStonesArrangementsCompetentCreative Ideas Author:Bill Wyman
“When I'm working on a Slipknot song, it's like a switch flips in my head. I can go there easily - it doesn't take a lot of soul searching - and it's a dark, almost sinister place. Stone Sour is more the way I've always written. It's a different tone.” WayI CanDifferentSoulSongDarkWrittenStonesToneSoul SearchingFlipSourSinisterStone Sour Author:Corey Taylor
“The best thing is to go from nature's God dawn to nature; and if you once get to nature's God, and believe Him, and love Him, it is surprising how easy it is to hear music in the waves, and songs in the wild whisperings of the winds; to see God everywhere in the stones, in the rocks, in the rippling brooks, and hear Him everywhere, in the lowing of cattle, in the rolling of thunder, and in the fury of tempests. Get Christ first, put Him in the right place, and you will find Him to be the wisdom of God in your own experience.” IfsFirstsBelieveSongEasyChristNatureRocksWindStonesAnd LoveWaveBest ThingsDawnSurprisingRollingThunderFuryRight PlaceBrooksWhisperingCattleTempest Author:Charles Spurgeon
“What I like about music is the songs you can remember the lines of in a single second. The Beatles, The Rolling Stones... You can remember every line to their songs. But today, how often do you remember any of the lines to songs? I mean, I know that one of the Lily Allen's last albums is called It's Not Me, It's You. But I don't know how the songs go.” KnowsMeanTodayLastsRememberSongLinesKnow HowMusic IsStonesAlbumsRollingLiliesRolling Stones Author:Karl Lagerfeld
“A big mistake a lot of filmmakers do is they like, "We cut our whole ending to a Rolling Stones song." You better find a new ending then, because unless you have $2 million for that song.” WholeBigsSongMistakeMillionsCuttingStonesFilmmakerRollingRolling StonesBig Mistake Author:Rob Zombie