Mick Rock Professions : Photographer Born : 1948 Browse All Authors Top 13 quotes by Mick Rock The true art of being young is knowing how to defy gravity and upset as many people as possible while doing it. How to penetrate the great secrets of the universe and damn the torpedoes. How to stir the demons of our destiny. Mick Rock destiny knowing art Newspapers and magazines didn't want pictures of musicians behaving badly back then. Now, because of the Internet, that's all the media wants. Mick Rock magazines musician media I don't show every picture that I have, I think discretion is also important. Mick Rock important shows thinking It's a miracle that David Bowie, Lou Reed and Iggy Pop are actually still alive today, given how hard they lived. Mick Rock live-for-today miracle alive People think: 'If this photographer's looking like a big jerk-off, maybe it's okay if I do.' I like to catch my subjects off balance a bit. Mick Rock balance people thinking Every morning I stand on my head and do a yoga workout. Mick Rock yoga workout morning I did not want to be somebody who lived off his reputation. I wanted to continue to be part of the modern music scene. Mick Rock who reputation music want My allegiance was always to the act. I wanted them to be happy. I wasn't owned by a magazine or a record label. And I was a very naughty boy to boot! Mick Rock be-happy boy naughty happy I do not use the word 'genius' lightly, but if David Bowie is not a genius, then there is no such thing. Mick Rock word then genius use It's funny because unlike back in the seventies when I made hardly any money, today I could just live off the past if I wanted to. I have no interest in that. Mick Rock money today funny past I'd photographed musicians before but this was different. Syd was very charismatic, and he had the aura of a poete maudit, which made him the perfect subject for me - I realised that rock n' rollers were the modern equivalent of all the poets I was so enamoured with. Mick Rock musicians rock me perfect Somebody had given me a copy of 'Hunky Dory,' which had yet to be a hit, although it was starting to percolate. I'd seen a couple of pictures of David, with his interesting hairdo and outfits, and I decided to seek him out, which wasn't difficult back then, as he was eager to do any kind of publicity. Mick Rock copy pictures back me People say, ‘Man, how did you get all these pictures? Well, because no one else was interested, it wasn’t like I was battling other photographers to get the pictures. Mick Rock Similar Authors Inge Morath photographer Bert Stern photographer Brent Stirton photographer Bunny Yeager photographer Burt Glinn photographer Bruno Barbey photographer All Authors
