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The mythology in rock n' roll is that I'm a bit of a loose cannon. Yet I've produced more music than anybody in my generation. So how much of a loose cannon am I? But the general public believes that I'm a loose cannon, so let them believe it. I'm not going to correct them.

Billy Corgan
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That's the great thing about rock n' roll: the myth is ultimately more important than the reality. And that's what you learn - you just learn to go with the mythology.

Billy Corgan
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A lot of comics aren't their on-screen personas; Chris Rock isn't always ranting and raving. What I do is make myself this over-the-top character that people either find endearing or they think is a joke. Then I can do anything I want.

Billy Eichner
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Turn on, tune up, rock out. by Billy Gibbons

Turn on, tune up, rock out.

Billy Gibbons
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Any other foundation will fail, but Christ is a sure and steady r... by Billy Graham

Any other foundation will fail, but Christ is a sure and steady rock to build your life on.

Billy Graham
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Rock isn't art, it's the way ordinary people talk. by Billy Idol

Rock isn't art, it's the way ordinary people talk.

Billy Idol
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I don't think punk ever really dies, because punk rock attitude c... by Billy Idol

I don't think punk ever really dies, because punk rock attitude can never die.

Billy Idol
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They wouldn't play my records on American radio because I had spiky hair. They said, 'Punk rock doesn't sell advertising, it won't make any money.'

Billy Idol
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When I started out, everyone seemed to be adopting these names... Johnny Rotten, Sid Vicious. I wasn't really Rotten or Vicious or Nasty, so I wanted something a bit more funny - yet something that seemed real rock 'n' roll... something that acknowledged my ambition.

Billy Idol
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My dad was one of the reasons I got into rock and roll, because I was learning the ropes of his business, which was selling powertools, and I was looking for a way out from under his heel. I was like, 'Where's the fun? Where's the glamour?

Billy Idol
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Hot funk, cold punk, even if it's old junk, it's still rock and r... by Billy Joel

Hot funk, cold punk, even if it's old junk, it's still rock and roll to me.

Billy Joel
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Videos destroyed the vitality of rock and roll. Before that, music said, "Listen to me." Now it says, "Look at me."

Billy Joel
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The whole world loves American movies, blue jeans, jazz and rock and roll. It is probably a better way to get to know our country than by what politicians or airline commercials represent.

Billy Joel
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You've got to be hard, like the rock in that old rock & roll. by Billy Joel

You've got to be hard, like the rock in that old rock & roll.

Billy Joel
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Rock and roll just used to be for kicks, now a days it's politics... by Billy Joel

Rock and roll just used to be for kicks, now a days it's politics.

Billy Joel
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Consummate talent and relentless passion - The Truth ain't pretty... by Billy Squier

Consummate talent and relentless passion - The Truth ain't pretty...but it rocks like crazy!

Billy Squier
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The thing that is making jazz healthy today is that people are coming out of other backgrounds - from rock, folk, from ethnic music. It's changing the music, and for the better.

Billy Taylor
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The boys throw rocks at the frogs in jest. But the frogs die in earnest.

Bion of Borysthenes
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When I was a teenager in Iceland people would throw rocks and shout abuse at me because they thought I was weird. I never got that in London no matter what I wore.

Bjork
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People from the rock and roll world have felt for years that electronic music had no soul, but now electronic music can not only have soul but have all the shapes in the world.

Bjork
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