“The weirdest thing I've been fascinated with nowadays is the new contemporary country music, which to me sounds like very strange '70s pop, and sometimes like rock music. But some of the themes in there - maybe it's because I know how the songs were written, but it really does sound like it was written by two or three people, with the idea to appeal to the most general audience.” PeopleKnowsDoeTwoIdeasCountrySometimesSongThreeSoundAudienceKnow HowWrittenRocksStrangePopsContemporaryAppealsThemeFascinatedRock Music Author:Ryan Adams
“For every Foo Fighters record, we've had two or three beautiful, acoustic-based songs, but they never usually make their way to the record, because we want to make rock records.” WayWantTwoBeautifulSongThreeRecordsRocksFighterAcousticsFoo Fighters Author:Dave Grohl
“Two or three tons of rock can really get you down-and keep you there.” TwoThreeRocksDown And Author:Kamahl
“Zen is to religion what a Japanese "rock garden" is to a garden. Zen knows no god, no afterlife, no good and no evil, as the rock-garden knows no flowers, herbs or shrubs. It has no doctrine or holy writ: its teaching is transmitted mainly in the form of parables as ambiguous as the pebbles in the rock-garden which symbolise now a mountain, now a fleeting tiger. When a disciple asks "What is Zen?", the master's traditional answer is "Three pounds of flax" or "A decaying noodle" or "A toilet stick" or a whack on the pupil's head.” KnowsFormThreeEvilAsksAnswersTeachingRocksFlowerMastersHolyMountainGardenSticksDoctrineTraditionalPoundsAfterlifeDiscipleTigersFleetingToiletsHerbsPupilsAmbiguousPebblesParablesNoodlesShrubsFlax Author:Arthur Koestler
“Most people get into bands for three very simple rock and roll reasons: to get laid, to get fame, and to get rich.” PeopleReasonThreeSimpleRichRocksFameBandRock And RollGet RichGetting Laid Author:Bob Geldof
“The record of the rocks contains very little, other than bacteria and one-celled plants until, about a billion years ago, after some three billion years of invisible progress, a major breakthrough occurred. The first many-celled creatures appeared on earth.” YearsFirstsLittlesEarthThreeRecordsProgressRocksCreaturesMajorsYears AgoPlantBillionsInvisibleBreakthroughBacteria Author:Robert Jastrow
“Before I decided to concentrate on writing, I drew pictures and painted, and made Super 8 experimental movies. I was the singer in three rock bands, and I wrote and staged and acted in plays for kids in my neighborhood. So I was kind of all over the place in my interests and far-flung in terms of where my creativity wanted to end up.” WritingKindMadeEndsPlayKidsWantedThreeTermInterestCreativityRocksBandDecidedSingersNeighborhoodRock Bands Author:Dennis Cooper
“I think with Sky and BBC Three and Channel 4, there are some great television platforms, and the stand-up movement in this country is phenomenal. Its like rock'n'roll here. Britain's a funny place and there's a lot of funny people coming out of there and a lot of people are finding mediums to express themselves.” PeopleThinkingCountryThreeSkyRocksMovementTelevisionFindingsMediumsBritainComing OutRock N RollPlatformsPhenomenalFunny People Author:Brendan Coyle
“I'm sitting in the drive-through and I've got my three girls in the back and this station comes on and it's playing “Jailhouse Rock,” the original version, and my girls are jumping up and down, going nuts. I'm looking around at them and they've heard Dad's music all the time and I don't see that out of them.” GirlThreeHeardRocksDadSittingOriginalsVersionsStationsNutsJumpingUp And DownMy Girl Author:Garth Brooks
“Only two to three per cent of an audience is interested in words and pays attention to lyrics; most of the rest of it is about image or the beat or the sound, or else it's a tribal thing - country & western, rap, heavy metal, with historical folk rock off in some kind of cult.” KindTwoCountryThreeSoundPayAttentionAudienceRocksBeatsHistoricalWesternFolksHeavyRapPay AttentionMetalsCentsCultHeavy MetalCountry Western Author:Al Stewart
“Our audience is young and vibrant; we retain our previous following; we are three generations into it. Unlike other bands that are very demographically specific, who they appeal to and who their fans are, we're the antithesis of that. If you see your younger brother or a parent of yours or a neighbor at most rock concerts, that's not cool but with us and kids, it's a tribal gathering. Whether it's kids or neighbors - they're all part of a secret society.” IfsKidsYoungThreeParentSecretAudienceGenerationsFansRocksBrotherBandFollowingNeighborAppealsConcertsGatheringAntithesisSecret SocietyYounger BrotherThree GenerationsRock Concerts Author:Paul Stanley
“Punk-rock records came out and you bought whatever you could find. But Devo didn't happen for another three years. Sex Pistols didn't tour the States until '78. At that time, for me, it was really about CBGB, Patti Smith, Talking Heads, the Ramones, and Television.” YearsStatesHappensThreeSexTalkingRecordsRocksTelevisionThree YearsPunkPunk RockPistolsRamonesTalking HeadsSex PistolsCbgb Author:Michael Stipe