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- Nov 07, 2020
Rock Quotes
On classic rock, bands, and favorite shows.
This collection covers rock in more than one sense - the music genre, discussed with real candor about its predictability, and a beloved TV comedy someone dreams of appearing on. Related reading: Love.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- London
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a sort of rock journalist - whatever that is - in London in the late '60s.
- Nov 07, 2020
We're a gumbo of American music, and aren't ashamed to play pop or soul or rock because we all grew up on radio.
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
I saw rock n' roll future and its name is Bruce Springsteen.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
When the Beatles cut old rock n' roll, they were recording music still in their performing repertoire, and besides, they never thought of the music as old.
- Green
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Call Me' is not an exceptional Al Green album, but it is as solid as a rock at its center.
- Franklin
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- Nov 07, 2020
For years, I've had a hankering for the portrait of Benjamin Franklin by Joseph Duplessis. Franklin is credited with so many inventions: the postal system, lightning rods, the constitution. He was a rock star before there was such a thing.
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
I take smack because I enjoy it. I enjoy all it makes me feel. I don't do it to be in with the in crowd. I can rock out with it.
- Hard Rock
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- Nov 07, 2020
Not a lot of hard rock bands are just letting it all be - they're adding a lot of samples on things, or effects or whatever - and we just wanted the drums to be raw so you could really hear what Brooks Wackerman is capable of.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
What else do you say to Medlocke, Rossington and Van Zant? We're talking Southern rock royalty. We're talking Lynyrd Skynyrd. The only thing out of my mouth was when and where!
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
I enjoy looking at old photos of some of my favorite rock icons, but also get inspired from the younger bands that are coming up and really creating their own style, their own image.
- Nov 07, 2020
Daniel Ek, the C.E.O. of Spotify, is a rock star of the tech world, but he is not long on charisma.
- Influence
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- Nov 07, 2020
I got into alternative rock in the early 80s, bands like Husker Du and The Replacements. Bob Mould's playing was a huge influence. It was very heavy with a lot of open tunings, which was great because I played in trios, so I used open tunings to get a fuller sound.
- Bass
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- Nov 07, 2020