Quotes of: Rock-musicians Keyword

I was feeling really restless in my hard-rock band. I wanted to learn more about storytelling in music, and that's what country music is.

Lindsey Haun

I come from an African Caribbean background. I've been influenced by a reggae church music style, contemporary gospel, and rock all fused together.

Laura Mvula

I've been trying to challenge myself to be more explicit. I've always liked punk rock and Sonic Youth. I make that music privately, but I've never released it.

Sufjan Stevens

I find it hard to take rock groups very seriously or treat them with respect. There is something absurd about these gloomy young men getting together and banging away.

Robert Wyatt

Look! Don't be deceived by appearances - men and things are not what they seem. All who are not on the rock are in the sea!

William Booth

I just picked up a lot of classic-rock, melodic influence from my mom, music that she listened to, like 10,000 Maniacs, Led Zeppelin, REO Speedwagon and Yes.

Yelawolf

The more technology we introduce into society, the more people will aggregate, will want to be with other people: movies, rock concerts, shopping.

John Naisbitt

I'm actually sometimes nervous right before a performance, but as soon as I'm on the stage I'm like, 'okay, we're gonna rock this baby.'

Armin van Buuren

Folk rock was my real roots. I did a few gigs as a folk artist, in the style of Fairport Convention.

Alan Parsons

To go through hurt, you have to stumble on the rocks in order to walk on solid ground.

Alyssa Tillmon

But in fact if you look at film as a metaphor, only through the negative can you have the positive print. What I'm trying to get to is the positive value of negation.

Godfrey Reggio

I always thought 'Stump' was kind of like, you dropped something on your foot. It's not the most exotic rock-star name.

Patrick Stump

Authentic kindness has a power greater than rock, paper and scissors combined.

Toni Sorenson

Petra is a brilliant display of man's artistry in turning barren rock into a majestic wonder.

Love

If there is any justice in the world, then eighties rock will never again serve to blight humanity as it did in that dark decade!

Vivian Campbell

I'm very into dark colors. I try to rock the dark against the ghost white skin as much as humanly possible.

Vanessa Marano

From 1958 to 1964, that's real rock n' roll. Then the Beatles hit and everyone sounded like them.

Wolfman Jack

Yeah, I don't like, um, I'm not interested in rock 'n' roll piano. I find it a little grating.

Warren Zevon

When you're onstage with Chris Rock, anything can happen. He is one of the greatest comic geniuses we've ever seen.

Yul Vazquez

People nowadays think that scientists exist to instruct them, poets, musicians, etc. to give them pleasure. The idea that these have something to teach them - that does not occur to them.

Culture and Value

Every time I see a musician - it doesn't matter what age - that inspires me, there's always a secret little wish that maybe we'll play together, because that's how I learn and grow and so forth, you know. But hopefully there's a lot more.

Chick Corea