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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
- Listen
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- Nov 07, 2020
Honest, I listen to classical mostly. It keeps my mind fresh to write rock songs.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in a family where my father was in a rock band, and I saw and heard every story.
- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
Though I'm not a huge fan of The Rock, I admit that I am a fan of the fact that he does his own thing. He gets excited on the mic. He yells. He didn't listen to what people told him to do, and people responded to that.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was more influenced by players like Randy Rhoads and Eddie Van Halen than by the guys in southern rock bands.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've come to find out everybody loves ol' David Allan Coe, even people like Kid Rock.
- Guitar
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 1969, I was playing guitar in several rock bands that toured central Florida.
- King
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm influenced by Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelly, Roland Kirk, John Coltrane, B.B. King, and then by bluegrass. But when I was 16, bluegrass wasn't cool. We was rock n' rollers then: Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis.
- Drive
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's something undeniably oxymoronic about a 'successful' rock n' roll band. Who wants to hear a bunch of success stories whining about their success? More importantly, what can be the drive behind a band, what can they have to rage against when they are successes? That's a dichotomy every successful band wrestles with.
- Idols
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- Nov 07, 2020
Punk rock wasn't a career choice. It was a hobby that we did for fun. We never thought we'd get as big as our idols in T.S.O.L. or certainly not the Ramones.
- Furthest
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been meaning to write about the Rolling Stones, but I am the furthest thing from a hipster rock journalist.
- How
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whether it's a blatant homage or unconscious mimicry, the Rolling Stones have permanently, indelibly influenced how rock stars look and behave.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020