Famous Quotes & Sayings

Francis Quarles

My soul, the seas are rough, and thou a stranger In these false coasts; O keep aloof; there's danger; Cast forth thy plummet; see, a rock appears; Thy ships want sea-room; make it with thy tears.

Ian MacKaye

People ask me: ‘What is punk? How do you define punk?' Here's how I define punk: It's a free space. It could be called jazz. It could be called hip-hop. It could be called blues, or rock, or beat. It could be called techno. It's just a new idea. For me, it was punk rock. That was my entrance to this idea of the new ideas being able to be presented in an environment that wasn't being dictated by a profit motive.

Homer

Everyone knows rock n' roll attained perfection in 1974. It's a scientific fact.

Giorgio Moroder

I have to admit, I do not listen to much rock music.

J. K. Rowling

Rock bottom can be a solid foundation from which you can rebuild your life on.

Grace Metalious

Nude is a word as smoooth as your hips ... but naked has the sound of a rock being turned over to expose maggots.

Grace Jones

Rock n' roll can get quite overwhelming. You can get caught up in the cycle.

Gary Kemp

We were on the cover of Women's Wear Daily, which was hardly rock 'n' roll, but it pleased me.

Chris Henderson

I don't see us as rock 'n' roll veterans. Aerosmith, ZZ Top, those are veterans.

It is Peter himself that He says, 'You are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church.' Where Peter is, there is the Church. And where the Church, no death is there, but life eternal.

Chris King

To be a rock & roll suicide, he probably glamorized it a little bit.

Adam Clayton

I don't think rock 'n' roll is necessarily a young man's game.

Chad Kroeger

We were a little scared of using piano. We just didn't think it was very rock and roll.

We're not talking about rocket science here. It's simple food, but it will be fast, fresh, and good.

Voters are saying we need someone there who's not going to rock the boat.

Abel Ferrara

My existence is about making movies, so I've just got to rock and roll with the punches. You want to make movies on telephones, I'm there.

Aaron Rodgers

The Lord is my Rock. He has always been there, always present at good times and bad; and to me when I feel His presence, my life is full.

Abbie Hoffman

Random political acts produce random political results. Why waste even a rock?

Adrian Mitchell

I use rock and jazz and blues rhythms because I love that music. I hope my poetry has a relationship with good-time rock'n roll.

Adam Levine

I don't know if it's possible to live the rock'n'roll lifestyle and still be romantic.

Henry Spencer

Solid-fuel rockets can't easily be shut down on command.

Kevin Millar

You are a rock star when you play in that city.

Ronnie Spector

When we started, we didn't do it for the money, we didn't do it to be packaged, all we wanted to do was rock 'n' roll, to have fun, and we did.

Cyndi Lauper

People used to throw rocks at me for my clothes, now they wanna know where I buy them.

Cyndi Lauper

I learned jazz; that comes from blues. I learned rock; that comes from blues. I learned pop; that comes from blues. Even dance, that comes from blues, with the answer-and-response.

Dave Eggers

Here I am Rock You Like a Hurricane.

David Lee Roth

Rock & roll is not so much a question of electric guitars as it is striped pants.

David Lee Roth

Stick your head above the crowd and eventually somebody will throw a rock at it.

David Lee Roth

A lot of rock bands are truly a legend in their own minds.

David Letterman

I wouldn't give my troubles to a monkey on a rock.

David Bowie

I wanted to rewrite how rock music was perceived.

David Bowie

Rock's always been the devil's music.

David Bowie

It is entirely possible to create something totally artificial within the realms of rock and roll.