- 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
- City
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- Nov 07, 2020
Styx was always a theatrical band. In fact, we played City Center in 1983 with a rock opera, 'Kilroy Was Here.'
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just believed in 1979 that prog rock was finished. I just saw the handwriting on the wall. And I believed that if we continued in that direction, our career would be finished. So I kind of led the band to making 'Cornerstone,' which is an album from my point of view which was not trying to be necessarily softer, but more natural.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
What people fail to realize is that any album we did, really, 90 percent of it reflected the songs people brought in. If someone had brought in two great rock songs for 'Cornerstone'... they would have been on that record.
- Entrust
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- Nov 07, 2020
Not to age myself, but I remember vividly 'Schoolhouse Rock!' and entrust my grammar to it.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was 15 years old at university, studying economics and philosophy, and I saw a retrospective of Australian film. They were very raw. 'Picnic at Hanging Rock,' 'Gallipoli;' they were fantastic.
- Spread
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- Nov 07, 2020
We've pumped waste into cavities in solid rock and found that it spread through the rock.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of the music I was inspired by growing up - college rock, DIY, what they used to call indie rock - has a value system where truth-telling and authenticity are oppositional with mass media, showbiz, and commerce.
- Minds
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of rock bands are truly a legend in their own minds.
- Rock And Roll
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you're trying to get to the underworld of Berlin, it's not suits and ties; it's rock and roll.
- Nov 07, 2020
We thought that's the way you were supposed to be if you were in a rock 'n' roll band. Flamboyant.
- Stars
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think most rock stars are particularly calculating. I don't think they sit there and think, 'I will do this; therefore, on Monday, I will sell another 200,000 records'.
- Age
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- Nov 07, 2020