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I know I'm not Freddie Mercury or Ann Wilson, and that's okay. You don't have to be a great singer to sing rock and roll. That's not what it's about.
I played Big Band jazz music. I wasn't into rock and roll. I was just there because it was a living. I surprised everyone. I'm still surprising people.
Frank [Zappa]'s music was never for the mass audience. His music contains specific kinds of information that you won't find elsewhere in rock and roll.
That whole Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame thing - at least half the people in there don't have a place in any kind of hall of fame anywhere, in my opinion.
I listened to classical guitar and Spanish guitar, as well as jazz guitar players, rock and roll and blues. All of it. I did the same thing with my voice.
Rock and roll doesn't necessarily mean a band. It doesn't mean a singer, and it doesn't mean a lyric, really. It's that question of trying to be immortal.
Music touching my soul, the spirit dance was unfolding.
She's the quiet type who's into heavy metal.
I'm a rock and roll kid, but to me, rock and roll isn't just four idiots banging their instruments really loud.
He took it all too far, but boy could he play guitar.
My my, hey hey... Rock and roll is here to stay. Hey hey, my my... Rock and roll will never die.
Most people get into bands for three very simple rock and roll reasons: to get laid, to get fame, and to get rich.
Sex, drugs, and rock and roll is all my brain and body need. Sex, drugs, and rock and roll is very good indeed.
Out on a 30 day tour, you got nothing, but groupies and promoters to love you.
I wouldn't want to end up in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as the 'Master of Hip-Hop Samples,' but you take what you can get.
I might even end up a rock and roll god, it might turn into a steady job.
Rock and roll is about having a good time, so no matter where you are right now blast some music and forget about lifes problems.
Rock and roll ain't nothing but jazz with a hard backbeat.
I think God is the most unexplored territory in rock and roll music.
Some days I pray to the God of sex and drums and rock and roll.
I still believe in rock and roll, it pays my bills.
John Mayall doesn't get enough credit. He's not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which is a tragedy.
I like the comfort in knowing that women are the only future in rock and roll.
Every 15, 20, 25 years, a new rock and roll record needs to come out and a new rock and roll band needs to come out.
I never thought a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland or anywhere else was a good idea.
It's gotta be rock and roll music, if you wanna dance with me.
There's a young man in a T-shirt listening to a rock and roll station. He's got greasy hair, greasy smile, he says, Lord this must be my destination.
I look back on my life, comin' out of Macon, Georgia - I never thought I'd be a superstar, a living legend. I never heard of no rock and roll in my life.
I loved being a rock and roll star, but it wasn't what I wanted in life.
I didn't think you could just become a rock and roll singer.
Don't have much, but what I've got is yours, except of course my steel guitar.
Ebony and ivory live together in perfect harmony, side by side on my keyboard piano, oh Lord, why don't we?
I don't want to see old people doing rap or rock and roll. It makes me cringe.
Women play cellos and violins in symphony orchestras. They're playing Beethoven and Bach. What do you mean they can't play rock and roll?
I got into rock and roll to piss my parents off and the establishment around me.
Sold my guitar to the baker's son for a few crumbs and a place to hide.
My dad is a huge rock and roll lead guitar fan. I didn't even really know that until recently. Everything has to have a guitar solo in it.
There will never be another Freddie Mercury, one of the greatest rock and roll singers.
Being a rock and roll band is about spending time on the details so that you can hone your own identity.
So yeah, I play the piano for most of the show, but I like rock and roll.
There's always people saying that rock is dead, rock is over. People are always out to kill rock and roll.
We're here to re-dedicate you to The Power, The Passion, The Mystery, and The Ministry of Rock and Roll.
I don't know how much more expressive you can get than being a rock and roll singer.
But somehow I feel the world is taking me away from my original rock roots of inspiration. Rock and roll is losing its past glory.
When Van Halen started out, there was no path to fame. We just played what we liked. Even today it always comes down to the simplicity of rock and roll.
Some got rabies, some got fleas, some got incurable diseases from this cockamamie business.
I got my first real six string, bought it at the five and dime, played it 'til my fingers bled.
After I saw Kiss on stage, I wanted my show to look like the fourth of July. The persona of Rick James was wild and crazy, sex, drugs and rock and roll.
There's this whole split personality thing of being a farm girl and a rock and roll girl.
Those people out there like good music. They don't stop and ask themselves, 'Is it country or rock and roll?' If they like it, they will tell you.