I was never worried that synthesizers would replace musicians. First of all, you have to be a musician in order to make music with a synthesizer.
If you're a musician, you're a musician; you don't ever get that out of your bones.
I always thought of indie-rock as being rock music by bands that were on independent labels, and that's a great thing.
There's just no great rock albums anymore. There's a lot of rock music out there, but it's very bland and disposable.
There's always gonna be rock n' roll bands, there's always gonna be kids that love rock n' roll records, and there will always be rock n' roll.
In my view, the only thing worse than a rock star is a rock star with a conscience.
The movie Spinal Tap rocked my world. It's for rock what The Sound of Music was for hills. They really nailed how dumb rock can be.
I would definitely say the Oakland Raiders are the punk rock band of football.
I call it treason against rock 'n' roll because rock is the antithesis of politics. Rock should never be in bed with politics. ... When I was a kid and my parents started talking about politics, I'd run to my room and put on the Rolling Stones as lou...
These three take crooked ways: carts, boats, and musicians.
On the surface, rock and roll changes at an amazing pace. The influence of a figure like the Maharishi can appear and disappear in a matter of months. Talk about old fashioned rock and roll finds itself dead before it begins.
The fact that you can't base a coffeehouse on any other rock band is the other rock bands' problem, not mine.
I was born at the beginning of rock and roll. I got to experience the entire evolution of popular rock and roll music even before it started.
I love classic rock, rock and roll, that's the top notch. I love soul - bluesy music as well.
My mom was in a punk rock band called The Trash Women, and they toured and all of that. She had me when she was 17.
It might sound chauvinistic, but there is a sad reality in rock music: Bands who depend on support from females inevitably crash and burn.
They taught us because they wanted to pass the knowledge on and educate young musicians. It was not because they had to teach because they failed as musicians. There is a huge difference in the reasons why someone is teaching and what they can offer ...
I've been around jazz and jazz musicians most of my life.
If North American musicians would only know how uncomfortable life is for European musicians.
It is rare that even a jazz musician finds an individual voice.
I'm not going to be the rock star of the far right and frankly on the rock star of the far left.
