- 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
- Duran
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to be a rock star. I dreamed of it, and that's all I dreamed of. To be more accurate, I wanted to be a pop star. This was in the late '80s. And mostly, I wanted to be the fifth member of Depeche Mode or Duran Duran.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to hang out a lot in jazz clubs, and the groups took to a kid like me who wasn't afraid to get up and sing with a jazz band. Then I started to hang out in rock clubs and learned to carry off different styles.
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have touched coral, and it feels hard like a rock, with a little slimy thing on top of it. But it is better to not touch coral, to prevent damaging it.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first manager was Gordon Mills, who I'd met right at the beginning. We shared a flat in London and traveled with rock bands doing one-nighters. Later, he became a songwriter and manager whose stable was Tom Jones, Gilbert O'Sullivan, and myself.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I'm panicked about my love handles, I go to the YMCA and get obsessed with Kid Rock videos as I'm on the running machine.
- Marbles
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- Nov 07, 2020
Do glassmakers not have the ability to knead their own agates, marbles and rock crystals?
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
It often seemed like we had become a nation where the only heroes were rock singers and ball players and that there were no large men of probity who could be called upon for the task.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love to sing big rock and roll songs; I love to sing country-pop stuff, and then I love to sing soft, sadder beautiful songs.
- Play
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd love to play a rock star in a movie, but for now, I'm not performing in public.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020