“When people talk about the '60s I never think that was me there. It was me and I was in it, but I was never enamoured with all that. It's supposed to be sex and drugs and rock and roll and I'm not really like that. I've never really seen the Rolling Stones as anything.” PeopleThinkingSexRocksDrugStonesSupposed To BeRollingRock And RollRolling Stones Author:Charlie Watts
“My first real writing job was at 'Rolling Stone,' so I wrote about rock-and-roll and politics and the like. At the time, I really didn't know what I wanted to write, and I did a bunch of investigative journalism.” KnowsWritingFirstsRealWantedJobsRocksStonesBunchJournalismRollingRock And RollRolling StonesInvestigative Journalism Author:Tim Cahill
“The Rolling Stones are truly the greatest rock and roll band in the world and always will be. The last too. Everything that came after them, metal, rap, punk, new wave, pop-rock, you name it... you can trace it all back to the Rolling Stones. They were the first and the last and no one's ever done it better.” WorldFirstsDoneLastsNamesRocksBandStonesWavePopsRapMetalsPunkRollingRock And RollRolling Stones Author:Bob Dylan
“Every time you read something about Rolling Stones it always mentions their age and how long can they go on? I think there are certain genres of music where people are allowed to go on, but there is something about rock and roll, I guess because it originally started out to be a teenage rebellion.” PeopleThinkingLongAgeCertainRocksGoes OnStonesGenreRebellionRollingRock And RollTeenageRolling StonesGenres Of MusicTeenage Rebellion Author:Kate Pierson
“I love it [music]. I always have loved it. There's something about playing music that inspires me. When I've had some really down periods in my life, debauched beyond belief, not knowing what the hell I'm gonna do with my life, [Rolling Stones'] "Street Fighting Man" or something like that would come on the radio, and I'm pounding the dash and the rock and roll will inspire me to keep going. It inspires me. It's true.” MenFightingBeliefHellKnowingStreetsRocksInspirePeriodsStonesRadioKeep GoingNot KnowingRollingRock And RollPlaying MusicRolling Stones Author:Creed Bratton
“I don't need a Rolls-Royce, I don't need a house in the country, I don't need to live in the south of France. I'm quite happy as I am.” WantNeedsMeanCountryHouseRocksHeroBandStonesFranceUselessRock And RollRolls Royce Author:John Lydon
“In 1965, my father was just twirling the dial of the radio to find something that would make me go to sleep, and as soon as I heard rock and roll there was no stopping me. It was during the height of Beatlemania and the British invasion, but I gravitated toward the harder, heavier music going on then, you know, the early Rolling Stones, the good Rolling Stones, and Paul Revere and the Raiders, who don't get the credit they deserve for spearheading the American '60s garage sound.” KnowsFatherSoundSleepHeardRocksDeserveStonesHarderRadioCreditBritishHeightRollingRock And RollStoppingInvasionGoing To SleepGarageRolling StonesRaidersTwirlingBritish Invasion Author:Jello Biafra
“My father hated rock and roll - hated it. My first real argument with my father was over the Rolling Stones. And he never, ever liked rock and roll. He just liked me.” FirstsRealFatherRocksArgumentStonesHatedRollingRock And RollRolling Stones Author:Patti Smith
“[Peter] Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" was my first go-to song in terms of getting into the zone and getting ready and then I quickly gravitated to rock and roll music in the mid-'60s with the Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, The Beatles, Crosby, Stills & Nash, The Rolling Stones, Carlos Santana. So many of them are still around and still going strong. I go out to see them all the time.” FirstsStillsYoungSongStrongTermRocksReadyStonesGratefulZonePeterBobRollingRock And RollDylanRolling StonesGoing StrongCrosbyTchaikovskyRock And Roll MusicSantana Author:Bill Walton
“The young people have MTV and rock and roll. Why would they go to read poetry? Poetry belongs to the Stone Age. It awakens in us perceptions that go back to those times.” PeopleAgeYoungRocksPerceptionStonesRock N RollRock And RollMtvStone Age Author:Robert Morgan
“I’ve always been a dreamer, have always believed in the power of love and art and loud, life-affirming rock and roll, but, for the first time, I’m starting to have doubts. Can a dream even exist in reality? Or does it turn to stone the second it leaves your mind?” MindFirstsDoeArtDreamRealityTurnsDoubtRocksFirst TimeStonesStartingLoudDreamerRock And RollPower Of LoveAffirmingLife Affirming Book:Gray Source: Gray