Memphis is the place where rock was born and Martin Luther King, Jr., was killed. It’s full of contradictions, abject poverty, and riches that only music can provide.

With ‘Elect the Dead,’ I learned how to make a rock record without a rock band and make the rock record I’ve always wanted to make.

I declare that The Beatles are mutants. Prototypes of evolutionary agents sent by God, endowed with a mysterious power to create a new human species, a young race of laughing freemen.

A lot of people do not like singer-songwriters, and a lot of people who like them do not like hard rock. It’s either-or.

Most of modern rock and roll is a product of guilt.

I think that clearly it has an influence, to be coming of age during the punk rock era, to come from a difficult and sporadically violent background, to have been in and out of such...

An MC is somebody who can control the crowd. An MC is a master of ceremonies so not only can you say your rap, you can rock the party.

On Jesus’ rock, my life abounds; all other floors are slippery grounds. His love for me, is mercy band; any other love is sinking sand.

The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?” (Hebrews 13:5–6)

If you had a successful TV show, people wanted to see you live. Promoters had had practice with pop groups, and ‘Python’ achieved a similar status. We also had lots of rock star fans –...

There’s an edge to real rock ‘n’ roll. It’s all that matters.

America gets rock stars a little more than Canada does.

So when you enjoy the beats, the rock music – maybe even toned down with an orchestra – you are enjoying the spirit of the black race. And that’s what I emphasize to the students.

When you’re onstage with Chris Rock, anything can happen. He is one of the greatest comic geniuses we’ve ever seen.

When you’ve got nothing, you’ve got nothing to loose.

I’m the renegade of funk. I’ve made house, techno, rock, funk, reggae… That’s why I’ve been on so many different labels.

The release of ‘Chinese Democracy’ marks a historic moment in rock n’ roll.

If you want to be a rock star or just be famous, then run down the street naked, you’ll make the news or something. But if you want music to be your livelihood, then play,...

The best rock musicians are the most exciting people in the world.

‘Call Me’ is not an exceptional Al Green album, but it is as solid as a rock at its center.

I listen to a lot of indie or rock music.

In credits, I’m ‘Michael’ sometimes now, but people know you as something, so there’s no point fighting it. ‘Squiggle,’ you’ll always be ‘Prince,’ and ‘The Rock,’ just accept it. I want to move on, but...

The music defied classification. If I had been writing areview of the show, I would have labeled it progressive,guitar-driven rock ’n’ roll. But the guitars made sounds guitarsdidn’t always make. Symphonic sounds. Sacred sounds.The music...

I see the crowd singing ‘Rock ‘N Roll’ or ‘Back Road’ at my concerts… they are anthems and they lift up your life.

I can tell you who I’d like to work with as far as rock legends. Definitely Dave Grohl from the Foo Fighters. Of course Linkin Park. Actually, I already worked with Travis Barker on a...

With AC/DC, we’ve always started with rock, and we’ve just kept it going. The critic’s view is always , ‘They just made an album and it’s the same as the last one.’ I’ll have fifteen...

Steve Jobs was a real rock star to me. I looked forward to his products like people look forward to albums.

People like to let loose at rock concerts and it gives them an excuse to do it in a way that is not destructive to others and not really destructive to the band.

The suit does not represent the businessman anymore. Nor does the loud shirt represent the rock star. The same man can now wear both.

In most sports, your brain and your body will cooperate… But in rock climbing, it is the other way around. Your brain doesn’t see the point in climbing upwards. Your brain will tell you to...

A culture which doesn’t believe in region and religion is like a rock music, noise for old generation & nirvana for the young ones.

I think it would be a lot easier if I said, ‘I feel like a dude,’ but I was raised by a southern mom, so I know how to put on lipstick and walk in...

‘Elect the Dead’ is a rock record that takes you on a journey with different types of genres integrated, different lyrical themes digested, and many fun and colorful moments to enjoy.

My father was a minister and so rock music was banned in our house.

What’s my age again?

I was at the radio station all the time and on the air all the time. I met John Travolta and a lot of the other big ’70s icons. Shaun Cassidy sang ‘Da Do Ron...

I wanted to be a rock star.

Bruce Springsteen’s a rock star. Elton John is a rock star. I’m a folk musician. Honestly, I think that’s true.

The noise distorts the truth but we can break through, we need to base our foundation upon the Rock.

Mellow is the man who knows what he’s been missing

During a big rock show, you can flub a few things and nobody will hear it, because it gets buried under everything else.

Left alone, I am overtaken by the northern void-no wind, no cloud, no track, no bird, only the crystal crescents between peaks, the ringing monuments of rock that, freed from the talons of ice and...

Twitter is the new rock magazine of the modern age. When I was a kid, we had magazines and journalists and interviews and articles and pinups and posters to follow our favourite artists. Nowadays? Twitter...

Comedy is a live art, and the only way to record a comedy rock album is to do it live. The audience and their laughter is just as much a part of the album sound...

I just loved classical music, but I also loved playing rock guitar, and I loved playing piano, so it was a natural thing that those things would merge at some point.

I’ve heard my share of Van Halen. I never liked rock.

We used to play a lot of Fela Kuti in the early days of hip-hop. In my DJ sets I’ll jump off into rock, salsa, African. I like to play some crazy stuff and see...

Hip-hop is a part of rock & roll because it comes from DJ culture. DJ culture is the embodiment of all genres and all recorded music, if you actually pay attention to it.

I’m not a rock star. Sure I am, to a certain extent because of the situation, but when kids ask me how it feels to be a rock star, I say leave me alone, I’m...

You know, technology CEOs like to think of themselves as rock ‘n roll stars.