“People like Howlin' Wolf, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, John Lee Hooker, Nina Simone, Captain Beefheart - all of these artists were what I grew up listening to every day of my life. And there's a very healthy music scene in the west country of England, where I grew up.” PeopleCountryArtistListeningGrewHealthySceneGrew UpStonesEnglandWestBobRollingCaptainsDylanRolling StonesNinaHowlin WolfCaptain Beefheart Author:PJ Harvey
“I guess it really didn't even dawn on me that you could be a rock critic as a job until I was maybe almost out of college. I knew criticism existed. I read Rolling Stone and Spin. Siskel and Ebert were on television. But I had absolutely no idea how to get that kind of life. And moreover, it didn't interest me that much. I just sort of read normal books growing up. I wasn't that media-conscious. I felt like the one thing I was able to do was to listen to a record and decide whether I liked it.” KindBookIdeasAbleJobsFeltInterestGrowing UpRecordsGrowingOne ThingRocksMediaTelevisionCollegeNormalConsciousStonesCriticismCriticsNo IdeaDawnRollingRolling Stones Author:Chuck Klosterman
“With the groups who asked me to join them - like the Rolling Stones, Spirit, David Bowie, and Blood, Sweat & Tears - I said no right away because I was way too much into my own thing.” WaySaidSpiritMy OwnToo MuchGroupsBloodTearsStonesSweatRollingRolling StonesBowie Author:Shuggie Otis
“Freedom so often means that one isn't needed anywhere. Here you are an individual, you have a background of your own, you would be missed. But off there in the cities there are thousands of rolling stones like me. We are all alike; we have no ties, we know nobody, we own nothing.” KnowsMeanWould BeIndividualCitiesNeededStonesBackgroundsLike MeTiesRollingRolling Stones Book:O Pioneers Source: O Pioneers
“I think my favorite Rolling Stones song is "No Expectations." I always think and talk through songs.” ThinkingSongExpectationsStonesMy FavoriteRollingRolling Stones Author:Ragnar Kjartansson
“I've had my ups and downs, and I definitely have a sense - in America, especially - that once you've made your mark and gotten your Rolling Stone piece and your Grammy nomination, that they're on to the next piece of meat, and they don't necessarily like to follow the twistsand turns of an artistic career. Throwing an opera at them is something they have to notice. There's nothing subtle about it.” MadeAmericaTurnsNextCareersPiecesStonesMarkArtisticMeatSubtleThrowingOperaRollingUps & DownsRolling StonesNominationsOne PieceGrammy Author:Rufus Wainwright
“I fell into hip-hop right from the beginning. I was a teenager in the '60s, so I was putting all my pocket money into buying LPs. I followed the ascent of the Rolling Stones, the Beatles, and Stevie Wonder. I followed popular music very closely, and I've never stopped.” WonderStonesHip HopHipsTeenagerBuyingPocketsHopsRollingRolling StonesAscentPopular Music Author:Simon de Pury
“I guess some people in classical music can keep going until they kick (die) and the (Rolling) Stones are definitely pushing the envelope but I wonder if here's a time when you have to face whether you are as good as you used to be.” PeopleIfsFacesUsedDiesWonderStonesUsed To BeKicksPushingKeep GoingRollingClassical MusicRolling StonesEnvelopesPushing The Envelope Author:Billy Joel
“But we weren't a phenomenon like the Beatles or Elvis Presley or the Rolling Stones: We were only as good as our last hit. We lived on our music and couldn't slide on anything - and this show is that story.” StoriesShowsLastsStonesPhenomenonRollingSlidesRolling Stones Author:Bob Gaudio
“The Beatles looked like they were in show business, and that was the important thing. And the important thing for the Rolling Stones was to look as if they were not.” IfsLooksImportantShowsStonesImportant ThingsRollingShow BusinessRolling Stones Author:Andrew Loog Oldham
“Kylie Minogue - she's so great. You'd love her if you met her. Everyone would. In a way I wish everyone could, to see what a person she is. She's so sweet and no bull and really funny, man, really funny. The Rolling Stones are like a weight around your neck. All that..'you're not meant to rock after you're 30...you've got to die in a car crash or of a drug overdose.” IfsMenWayPersonsDiesWishRocksCarSweetMetsDrugStonesWeightNecksCrashRollingBullsRolling StonesOverdoseCar CrashFunny Men Author:Michael Hutchence
“We're not ignored by The Guinness Book Of Records, but we've been largely ignored by the media during our lifetime. If you read any article, no mention is ever made of Pink Floyd. We're never included in the same sentences as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Who. I wrote 'The Wall' as an attack on stadium rock - and there's Pink Floyd making money out of it by playing it in stadiums! Pathetic. They spoiled my creations.” IfsMadeBookRecordsRocksMediaCreationWallStonesLifetimeSentencesMaking MoneyArticlesRollingIgnoredPatheticSpoiledStadiumsRolling StonesGuinness Author:Roger Waters
“That's the choice they allow you - now the outlet is being a pop star, which is really what I'm saying on the album in 'Working class hero'. As I told Rolling Stone, it's the same people who have the power, the class system didn't change one little bit.” PeopleLittlesChoicesStarsBitsClassHeroLittle BitStonesAlbumsPopsRollingWorking ClassOutletsRolling StonesPop StarsClass SystemWorking Class Hero Author:John Lennon
“I like the Rolling Stones for karaoke. 'Sympathy For The Devil' is a great one.” DevilStonesSympathyRollingRolling StonesGreat OnesKaraoke Author:Hugh Jackman
“The early bird gathers no moss! The rolling stone catches the worm.” BirdStonesRollingWormsRolling StonesMossEarly BirdTruman Show Author:Jim Carrey
“I know, when I look into the eyes of my own children, the look of wonder when I speak of life back in the '60s. That's why the Rolling Stones are such a hit even in their 60s, why Dennis Hopper is so compelling, even when he's making pitches for something unhip as long-term financial planning.” KnowsLooksChildrenLongEyeSpeakTermMy OwnWonderStonesFinancialPlanningLong TermCompellingRollingRolling StonesFinancial Planning Author:Chris Matthews
“I've grown fonder for Hillary Clinton since she ran for the presidency. I think that it's emblematic of the Rolling Stones song, you can't always get what you want, i.e., the grail. Sometimes you get what you need. And whatever she's gotten over the last couple of years, being humbled or be it being humbled and see the proletariat come to bat for her, getting outside of the bubble, getting out of this man's shadow, not quite getting the job she wants but a great wonk job.” ThinkingMenWantNeedsYearsSometimesJobsLastsSongCoupleShadowStonesClintonWhat You WantRanBubblesRollingBatsPresidencyBe HumbleRolling StonesProletariat Author:Dennis Miller
“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
“The [Bob] Dylan sessions were very disorganized, to say the least. I mean, the "Like A Rolling Stone" session I was invited by the producer to watch.” MeanWatchesStonesProducersBobRollingInvitedSessionDylanRolling StonesDisorganized Author:Al Kooper
“The very funny thing about "Like A Rolling Stone" is it was a six minute song, there was no music to read from. And there I was playing this unfamiliar instrument. So I would come in on the upbeat of one. I would wait until the band played the chord, and then as quickly as I could come in play the chord.” PlaySongWaitingMinutesBandSixStonesInstrumentsRollingChordsFunny ThingsUnfamiliarRolling StonesUpbeat Author:Al Kooper
“The Rolling Stones reunited for a twenty-fifth anniversary tour last week. Keith Richards said that he's happy to continue to do what he's been doing for the past twenty-five years: cheating death.” YearsSaidLastsPastDeathFiveWeekStonesTwentiesFive YearsCheatingRollingFifthTwenty FiveRolling StonesKeithReunitedFifth Anniversary Author:Norm MacDonald
“What's the big deal? I have really strong morals, and just because I look sexy on the cover of Rolling Stone doesn't mean I'm a naughty girl. I'd do it again. I thought the pictures were fine. And I was tired of being compared to Debbie Gibson and all of this bubblegum pop all the time.” LooksMeanBigsGirlStrongDealsMoralFineStonesTiredSexyPopsRollingBig DealNaughtyRolling StonesNaughty Girl Author:Britney Spears
“My first car was a 1977 Oldsmobile Delta 88. Ugly car. More ugly on this car than a Rolling Stones group photo.” FirstsGroupsCarStonesUglyRollingRolling StonesDelta Author:Christopher Titus
“If The Beatles represent the most successful version you can be of a thing, then by that definition The Rolling Stones are The Beatles of music, not counting The Beatles. John Lennon is The Beatles of The Beatles.” IfsSuccessfulStonesDefinitionsVersionsRollingCountingRolling StonesLennon Author:Dana Gould
“I used to listen a lot to Rolling Stones records and play along with them when I was first starting. It's a good way to learn, jamming around basic music.” WayFirstsPlayUsedRecordsStonesStartingRollingGood WayRolling Stones Author:Tommy Bolin
“I want to win a Grammy. I want to be on the cover of Rolling Stone. I want to be a musical guest on 'Saturday Night Live.' And I want to play arenas and have tons of people watching me.” PeopleWantPlayNightWinningStonesMusicalGuestsRollingSaturdayArenaSaturday NightRolling StonesSaturday Night LiveGrammy Author:Cheyenne Kimball
“Before I joined Kraftwerk in 1971, I played guitar in a band called Spirits of Sound, whose members included (at times) amongst others singer Wolfgang Riechmann (Sky Records released his only solo album Wunderbar shortly after his death in 1978) and drummer Wolfgang Flür (later on Kraftwerk, now solo). The music of S.o.S. in the mid 60's first was the English pop and rock music of the times (Beatles, Kinks, Rolling Stones ).” FirstsSpiritSoundRecordsSkyRocksBandMembersStonesGuitarAlbumsPopsSingersRollingSoloDrummerRock MusicRolling StonesKink Author:Michael Rother
“At the end of the playback of the take of "Like A Rolling Stone", or actually during the thing, Bob Dylan said to the producer, turn up the organ. And Tom Wilson said, oh man, that guy's not an organ player. And Dylan said, I don't care, turn the organ up, and that's really how I became an organ player.” MenSaidEndsCareGuyTurnsPlayerStonesDon't CareProducersI Don't CareBobOrgansTomsRollingDylanThat GuyRolling StonesWilson Author:Al Kooper
“I think it was Columbia politics, Columbia Records politics that, that, Tom Wilson left [Bob Dylan] after "Like A Rolling Stone".” ThinkingLeftRecordsStonesBobTomsRollingDylanRolling StonesWilsonColumbia Author:Al Kooper
“Rolling Stone hates me. They must have an editorial policy to do me in for many years.” YearsHatePolicyStonesRollingHate MeRolling StonesEditorials Author:Joni Mitchell
“I wanted to be in Rolling Stone number two with a tomorrow feel to it, like an experimental Rolling Stones with Jagger singing.” FeelsTwoWantedNumbersTomorrowSingingStonesRollingRolling StonesJagger Author:Jeff Beck
“My dad was never married. He was kind of a rolling stone. But he was never disrespectful. At the same time, even though he had women in his life when I was a kid, there wasn't any consistency.” KindKidsDadMarriedStonesMy DadRollingConsistencyRolling StonesDisrespectful Author:Kevin Hart
“We do what we want to do. We write songs. We try not to repeat ourselves too much. We have our own sound and our own way of doing things. Up until now it has always been enjoyable. None of the members have ever got to the point where they don't want to be involved in it ... It's not entirely possible for me to stand back and look at the Rolling Stones because being a part of it you can't. I wish that I could just sit in the audience for one night and see the show. Everyone in the band has said that at some point. But then you wouldn't be seeing the whole band. And that's the problem with that.” WayWantWritingTryingLooksSaidWholeShowsProblemNightSongWishSoundAudienceToo MuchSeeingInvolvedBandMembersStonesRepeatsRollingEnjoyableOne NightRolling Stones Author:Keith Richards
“The Rolling Stones were an inkling towards an appreciation of the unity of music, dance and words. Any of the black R&B people who had a stage show that involved dancing, music and words did the same thing, except that I thought Jagger's words were good, his music was good and his dancing was good. I spoke to him about Blake and tried to get him to sing [William] Blake's The Grey Monk, to use his words as lyrics. He didn't do it. In the end, I did it myself.” PeopleEndsUseShowsBlackStageInvolvedStonesDancingUnityAppreciationSpokesRollingGreyMonkRolling StonesBlakeJagger Author:Allen Ginsberg
“What originally established the band was cover songs like Not Fade Away. Then, later on, we got more well-known ones like Satisfaction, which you might say echoed the thinking of, well, any generation you care to name, including the present one. But we didn't set out on bits of paper that we were going to be the voice of a generation. The original aim of the Rolling Stones was to play blues. It wasn't even to play rock music.” ThinkingWellsPlayMightCareSongNamesBitsVoiceKnownGenerationsRocksBandPaperStonesOriginalsAimIncludingSatisfactionFadesRollingWell KnownRock MusicRolling StonesFade AwayCover Songs Author:William S. Burroughs
“I've made a contribution to my time and my generation through being myself, not through what I shared with the Rolling Stones. It's very bad for me and very dangerous to see myself as someone who had an influence on this song or that song. It immediately puts me in the position where my worth is dependent on how much of my soul I shared with Mick Jagger, and it's just not valid. You can use the gossip you've heard. You're not getting it from me.” MadeSoulUseSongGenerationsHeardInfluenceDangerousPositionStonesMy SoulMy TimeContributionDependentGossipRollingMy GenerationRolling StonesBeing MyselfJagger Author:Marianne Faithfull
“If you look at the history of popular music, the most successful musicians have started out being really marginal and esoteric. The Beatles and the Rolling Stones. Madonna. Prince. Bruce Springsteen. Fleetwood Mac. David Bowie. Public Enemy. Nirvana.” IfsLooksEnemySuccessfulMusicianStonesBeing RealRollingMacsRolling StonesEsotericBowiePopular MusicSpringsteenPublic EnemiesFleetwood Mac Author:Moby
“Both the Beatles and The Rolling Stones broke on the music scene the summer I was in England. I can vividly remember hearing She Loves You in August 1963.” I CanRememberLove YouSceneSummerStonesEnglandHearingBrokeRollingAugustRolling Stones Author:Gordon Lightfoot
“I would make a comic for Rolling Stone every two weeks, because they're biweekly. And then I would make weekly comics for my weekly papers. It was on two parallel tracks. And then they all got collected in a book.” TwoBookWeekPaperStonesTrackComicRollingPapersParallelsTwo WeeksRolling Stones Author:David Rees
“I started wanting to inject more colorful chord phrasings from the music I actually grew up on, which was Hendrix, Rolling Stones, and stuff like that.” StuffGrewGrew UpStonesRollingChordsColorfulRolling StonesHendrix Author:Bucky Pope
“I like a little bit of everything. I think I'll put on Guns 'N' Roses or Rolling Stones any day. But recently I like a band called Bastille, or The Weeknd I'm a big fan of as well.” ThinkingWellsLittlesBigsBitsFansBandLittle BitGunStonesRoseRollingRolling StonesGuns N RosesBastille Author:Steven R. McQueen
“When Rolling Stone handed me this crazy assignment to be in the studio with James Brown, they had the misapprehension that I'd written for them already just because I claimed my character had.” CharacterWrittenCrazyStonesStudiosBrownRollingAssignmentsRolling Stones Author:Jonathan Lethem
“Even somebody like Bill Clinton, who I happen to admire very much, the second he was out of office, I remember, he was interview in Rolling Stone and he said he thought we should have legalized marijuana. And I thought, gosh, if only you were in some sort of position to affect change in the last eight years where you could have done something about that.” IfsShouldYearsSaidDoneHappensLastsRememberPositionOfficeStonesShould HaveBillsClintonEightAdmireInterviewsMarijuanaRollingRolling Stones Author:Bill Maher
“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
“When I started covering The Beatles and The Rolling Stones in a rock 'n' roll band, it helped me realize that my natural voice is actually really high. It helped me find my voice.” VoiceRealizingNaturalRocksBandStonesRock N RollRollingCoveringRolling Stones Author:Gotye
“So by the time the 60s rolled in that became a huge art form in its own right with bands like the Beatles and the Rolling Stones and Hendrix doing total concept albums, same thing with Pink Floyd.” ArtFormHugeBandConceptsStonesAlbumsRollingRolling StonesHendrix Author:DJ Spooky
“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
“The Rolling Stones set the bar to where I look to as a band. But I don't envision myself touring in the way they do. My knees won't hold out.” WayLooksBandStonesBarsKneesRollingTouringRolling Stones Author:Jon Bon Jovi
“I was working as a staff writer at Rolling Stone. I had a friend who worked at MTV, and she called me and said, "They're looking for VJs for this new channel. Do you want to try out?" I had zero TV experience, but I thought, "Well, what the hay."” WantTryingWellsSaidTvsStonesZeroStaffRollingRolling StonesMtvHay Author:Jancee Dunn
“I wondered how I was going to do it and keep my job at Rolling Stone at the same time. They were very nice, and they let me disappear for two days a week for a couple of hours. That's how long shooting was.” LongTwoJobsHoursNiceWeekCoupleStonesLet MeDisappearShootingRollingVery NiceTwo DaysRolling Stones Author:Jancee Dunn