Quotes by Rocks Now that rock is turning 50, it's become classical in itself. It's interesting to see that development. Bjork turning-50rocksinteresting There's more to life than listening to rock music. Black Francis rock-musicrockslistening I'm not saying that people have to listen to rock music. It's a great, cool thing and it can really be liberating for a lot of people but, hey, so can Charles Dickens so I'm not going to judge. Black Francis rocksjudgingpeople I'm always looking to rock out. But it isn't really about rocking out versus being mellow, in terms of your personal satisfaction. In the end, you just want to be good. When you look at something that's really good, it might be Iggy Pop or it might be Leonard Cohen. Whatever it is, you want it to be really good. Black Francis rockswantlooks You rock so, you rock so, you dip so, you dip so, you skank so, you skank so, and don't be no drag! You come so, you come so, for reggae is another bag! Blake Lively bagsrockssong I'm mostly a jazz fan and I've never really been into rock 'n' roll music — although I guess Coldplay isn't really rock 'n' roll — but he's made me a convert. I do go to their concerts whenever we're in the same town and I don't even have to wear earplugs any more, which I did in the beginning. Blythe Danner rockstownsfans I was lingering out on the pavement. There was a missing person inside of myself and I needed to find him . . . I felt done for, an empty burned-out wreck . . . Wherever I am, I'm a '60s troubadour, a folk-rock relic, a wordsmith from bygone days, a fictitious head of state from a place nobody knows. Bob Dylan rocksdonemissing I play these [folk acoustic] concerts and I ask myself, 'Would you come see me tonight?' - and I'd have to answer truthfully, 'No, I wouldn't come. I'd rather be doin' something else, really I would. That something else is rock... The words are pictures, and the rock's gonna help me flesh out the colors of the pictures. (1965) Bob Dylan rockscolorplay The Rolling Stones are truly the greatest rock and roll band in the world and always will be. The last too. Everything that came after them, metal, rap, punk, new wave, pop-rock, you name it... you can trace it all back to the Rolling Stones. They were the first and the last and no one's ever done it better. Bob Dylan rock-and-rollrocksrap Once I went into songwriting, I figured I had to - I couldn't be a hellfire rock 'n' roller. But I could write hellfire lyrics. Bob Dylan songwritingrockswriting You might be a rock and roll addict prancing on the stage. You might have drugs at your command, women in a cage. Bob Dylan rock-and-rollrocksdrug Early on, before rock 'n' roll, I listened to big band music - anything that came over the radio - and music played by bands in hotels that our parents could dance to. We had a big radio that looked like a jukebox, with a record player on the top. The radio/record player played 78rpm records. When we moved to that house, there was a record on there, with a red label. It was Bill Monroe, or maybe it was the Stanley Brothers. I'd never heard anything like that before. Ever. And it moved me away from all the conventional music that I was hearing. Bob Dylan rocksbrotherplayer I think of rock 'n' roll as a combination of country blues and swing band music, not Chicago blues, and modern pop. Bob Dylan rockscountrythinking Up north, you could find these radio stations with no name on the dials that played pre-rock 'n' roll things - country blues. We would hear Slim Harpo or Lightnin' Slim and gospel groups, the Dixie Hummingbirds, the Five Blind Boys of Alabama. I was so far north, I didn't even know where Alabama was. Bob Dylan rocksboyscountry You can't trust politicians. It doesn't matter who makes a political speech. It's all lies - and it applies to any rock star who wants to make a political speech as well. Bob Geldof rocksstarslying Rock & roll is instant coffee. Bob Geldof instant-coffeerockscoffee Most people get into bands for three very simple rock and roll reasons: to get laid, to get fame, and to get rich. Bob Geldof rock-and-rollrockssimple Everything that's rock n roll is ever meant to be is happening now. I need to get over the shock that that thing is actually happening and that thousands of millions of people around the world are watching. Bob Geldof rockspeopleneeds Rock and Roll is instant coffee. Bob Geldof rock-and-rollrockscoffee Stand up like a mountain; have faith like a rock; love like an avalanche Bob Goff mountainrockshave-faith«1617181920212223242526»
