It's true I've always been attracted to the jazz band in an orchestral way, rather than a band way.
Their eagerness for the big-band music and their ability to grasp the essence of it made me realize that today's generation has not been properly exposed to the big-band sound.
Rock and roll is here to stay.
Good rock music always tends to be around.
I'm working on a proper rock record, a good, old-school rock record. Finally.
I have to admit, I do not listen to much rock music.
Country music is completely punk-rock. It's the original punk-rock.
There's enough music in the world. There are enough rock stars.
Rock n' roll! It's the music of puberty.
The river moves, but it follows a path. When it tires of one journey, it rubs through some rock to forge a new way. Hard work, but that's its nature.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is marketing. You've got a bunch of faceless people in a back room who trademark a name that sounds very official. Well, if you had thought of it first, you would have been the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
I really do listen to all types of music, not only rock, but everything from good pop music - which is usually older pop music - to R&B and indie rock. I love indie rock more than a lot of the commercial stuff that you'd expect.
I am, of course, a frustrated rock star - I'd much rather be a rock star than a writer. Or own a record shop. Still, it's not a bad life, is it? You just sit at a computer and make stuff up.
The Beatles never sounded intimidated by their idols. They never interpreted old rock; they simply played it as well and as joyfully as they knew how. On 'Rock 'n' Roll,' John Lennon does nothing but interpret old rock.
I knew I was destined to be a rock star. I just knew it, like I've always had the power of foresight. I feel right now exactly the way I felt after I finished mixing my first solo album 'New York Groove'.
I'm not someone who gets to play The O2 and places like that, but that's the kind of rock and roll venue. The popularity of stand-up means that some people are getting to play rock star venues.
The man who can't dance says the band can't play.
The girl who can't dance says the band can't play.
I refuse to age disgracefully in rock 'n' roll.
The best rock musicians are the most exciting people in the world.
I don't have to save rock. I don't even like rock that much.
