Quotes by Alice Cooper

About Alice Cooper:

Alice Cooper is an American singer, songwriter, musician and occasional actor whose career spans five decades. With a stage show that features guillotines, electric chairs, fake blood, boa constrictors, baby dolls, and dueling swords, Cooper is considered by fans and peers alike to be "The Godfather of Shock Rock"; he has drawn equally from horror movies, vaudeville, and garage rock to pioneer a macabre, theatrical brand of rock designed to shock people.
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We started combining the use of light and the use of theatrics and the use of as many art forms as possible, and it's still growing - that's the whole idea of it.

Alice Cooper

Well, we were all in high school and we got together, and in college - we were in art college together.

Alice Cooper

I don't want to feel you die, but if that's the way that God has planned you Well, I'll put pennies on your eyes. And it will go away, see? You've only lived a minute of your life. I must be dreaming... Is someone calling me? No... I think I hear a v...

Alice Cooper

I always think that you should be striving to write your best song.

Alice Cooper

There was a period of time when I thought I had to be Alice Cooper all the time.

Alice Cooper

If it's total freedom, I guess the ultimate thing you can go into is total silence between the audience and performer, with the performer projecting something he doesn't even have to play.

Alice Cooper

My granddad was an evangelist, and my grandma, she was as tough as nails. She watched 'American Bandstand' every day when she was in her 80s, 90s. She loved rock music. I never had anyone in my family that was anti-rock n' roll.

Alice Cooper

My fastest time in high school was a 4:29 mile. I think cross-country has something to do with my longevity in my business. When you're in an eight-mile race, you never give up.

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Why be boring? Have some fun. Rock shows should be like movies: I don't go to a movie hoping it'll change my life.

Alice Cooper

They pick all of us out, and then they decide, they computerize, decide if they like it or don't like it, and then they go home, and then they come back again because they're not sure what they saw.

Alice Cooper

The two most joyous times of the year are Christmas morning and the end of school.

Alice Cooper

They should invent some way to tape-record your dreams. I've written songs in my dreams that were Beatles songs. Then I'd wake up and they'd be gone.

Alice Cooper

Mistakes are part of the game. It's how well you recover from them, that's the mark of a great player.

Alice Cooper

What most people don't understand is that UFOs are on a cosmic tourist route. That's why they're always seen in Arizona, Scotland, and New Mexico. Another thing to consider is that all three of those destinations are good places to play golf. So ther...

Alice Cooper

I'm not crazy about country-western music. But the lyrics are good.

Alice Cooper

We got on his label, and the Bizarre organization is just going up and up. So we have faith.

Alice Cooper

When you believe in God, you've got to believe in the all-powerful God. He's not just God, He's the all-powerful God and He has total control over everyone's life. The Devil, on the other hand, is a real character that's trying his hardest to tear yo...

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The late sixties and early seventies were kind of a breeding ground for exciting new sounds because easy listening and folk were kind of taking over the airwaves. I think it was a natural next step to take that blissful, easy-going sound and strangle...

Alice Cooper

On stage, I'm this figure, this actor, who does things that people aren't used to seeing and I relish in that reaction. In real life, though, I play golf, I shop and I walk around with no makeup on and my hair in a ponytail. I may not be the typical ...

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Throughout my life, there are four people I've met who were truly original people. The other three were Groucho Marx, Jim Morrison, and Pablo Picasso.

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Author Bio

  • NameAlice Cooper
  • DescriptionAmerican rock singer, songwriter and musician
  • AliasesVincent Damon Furnier
  • BornFebruary 4, 1948
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionSinger-songwriter; Singer; Composer; Musician