We're a very expensive group; we break a lot of rules. It's unheard of to combine opera with a rock theme, my dear .
Every time I hit rock bottom, My Jesus picks me up, That why….. I praise Him so.
The thing about rock is that people are not just interested in bands because of where they want to go. It's where they want to escape from that matters.
My roots and Victor's are jazz, basically, but these two young fellows that we have with us come out of rock bands. And they're tremendously exciting players.
Some guy said to me: Don't you think you're too old to sing rock n' roll? I said: You'd better check with Mick Jagger.
I think that instead of feminism being a political thing, it should be an act of creativity. It's more of a rock n' roll thing.
I loved Riot Grrl. Not only was it a punk rock revolution, but it meant you could get dressed for a night out for less than two pounds!
When I was 16, at night I went to my high school and chucked rocks at the billboard sign and broke the light bulbs. That was fun.
We may play in a contemporary rock vein, use standard bebop themes, and many other things besides.
I think one of the funniest things about '30 Rock' is that Liz Lemon is sort of like Buster Keaton - she's always the fool, the joke is always on her.
I wasn't a rock 'n' roll girl. I said, Neil Young, Neil Young, where do I know that name from?
When I was younger I always thought, 'If I were ever a comedian I'd make it like a rock concert.' I wanted to generate that type of enthusiasm and excitement.
Every great wave of popular passion that rolls up on the prairies is dashed to spray when it strikes the hard rocks of Manhattan.
I wouldn't mind being the lead guitarist in an incredibly successful rock band. However, I don't play the guitar.
We Americans think, in every country in transition, there's a Thomas Jefferson hiding behind some rock or a James Madison beyond one sand dune.
Back in Chicago, all we cared about was rock 'n' roll and staying out of the army.
And there is such a thing as a decathlon high. It's like a rock rolling down hill, picking up momentum. You get better and better.
Have you seen 'American Idol' lately? I'm sure that some kids somewhere at this moment are thrashing themselves silly over what they call 'Rock n' Roll.'
There is a difference between a convert who is built on the rock of Christ through the Book of Mormon and stays hold of that iron rod, and one who is not.
There is no rule on how to write. Sometimes it comes easily and perfectly; sometimes it's like drilling rock and then blasting it out with charges.
If it comes out sounding like Dixieland jazz or classical or punk or rock or even slightly metal, that's because that's where I'm going to find inspiration.
