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.

There is absolutely no doubt that the extraordinary Donna Summer belongs in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

I mean, like, rock n’ roll was always about spirit and fun.

Strange how potent cheap music is.

You can’t have rock and roll without drugs, you can’t have rock and roll without sex.

Fifty per cent of rock is having a good time.

I like rock music because it’s always sonically fascinating. There’s never a method to what it needs to sound like. It’s just however that instrument comes out that day, whatever the humidity level was in...

I really like all music, but mostly Country, older R&B, and the good classic rock.

And in an era where radio stations that are inclined to play Styx music are your classic rock stations and the stations that play current music look at us as dinosaurs – the only way...

If I could dress anyone, I’d like to dress the Queen – she can handle anything. I’d put her in black – she never wears black – and add a little leather, maybe. A little...

I certainly didn’t want to be in a punk rock band, because I had already been in a punk rock band. I wanted to be in a band that could do anything – like Led...

The days of an open mic night when I’d rock up in an old jumper are over.

If I were a rock star, I’d design my own clothes. I’d do it because that’s the mark of a true rock star.

I’ve got my own studio, and I’ve got four- to five-hundred unreleased tracks. I’ve got stuff that’s electronic, orchestral, jazz, I’ve got rock, I’ve got metal, you know, I don’t have polka.

I wish I were a rock,’ he said, and he became a rock.

To je špatné znamení,” prohlásí Olívie a předstírá slavnostní krájení masa, “protože pak se nedostane na autogramiádu Metallicy.”Šťouchnu do ní loktem. “Kdo kdy řekl, že ji vezmu na autogramiádu Metallicy?””Jááá,” protáhne a hodí po mně...

Latin music has many international influences – pop, rock, country, Brazilian sounds, and alternative styles.

They wanted to start recording rock ‘n roll, and thought I had the right voice.

Jumping from boulder to boulder and never falling, with a heavy pack, is easier than it sounds; you just can’t fall when you get into the rhythm of the dance.

Deep Purple definitely belongs in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. ‘Cause they had great songs, great musicianship, they had an impact, and they’re a huge influence on the heavy metal community as a...

Don’t waste your time or time will waste you.

I tell people my only successful long-term relationship was with Jim Packard. He was my rock. I didn’t realize how codependent I was.

I started out as a drummer, and now play with a back-to-basics rock band called the ‘Luddites.’ I’m happiest when I’m behind the kit.

I was always taught to let the obstacles be your guide because they lead you to places that you wouldn’t have gone on your own. Instead of going through a rock, you go around it,...

In my day, when I was a young kid, army duty was compulsory in South Africa or you go to jail. I had the choice, so I spent a year in the entertainment unit, and...

I tended to lean towards the guys who both sang and played, such as Ricky Skaggs, Vince Gill, Steve Wariner… And at the other end of the spectrum, I had Eric Clapton in a rock...

There’s a lot of people over time who have brought out all these funky records that everybody has started jumping on like a catch phrase… When Planet Rock came out, then you had all of...

I was inspired by the classic rock radio of the Seventies. They separated Chuck Berry and the Beatles from the Led Zeppelins and Bostons and Peter Framptons of the time. In many ways, classic rock...

I never dreamt of being a musician for my livelihood. I certainly never would have wanted to be in the business that I’m in, meaning the fame and the glory, the glitter, the rock star,...

Love rocks. Stones also rock. I wish I could scissors paper my way into your heart.

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.

Well, I think we’re the greatest rock ‘n’ roll band in the world.

It’s a waste of time worrying about something that worry won’t fix; it’s about as useful as trying to feed your pet rock.

After I saw Kiss on stage, I wanted my show to look like the fourth of July. The persona of Rick James was wild and crazy, sex, drugs and rock and roll.

A wise person is like a smoothly polished rock: it takes time to become either.

Man, 2013, I would expect an album from B.o.B and a Rock EP as well. My Rock EP is like… I take pride in my work and I’m not going to do something just to...

The Black Keys is just a band that wants to get on stage and rock it.

It’s not a bad lesson to learn in the bleaker months: how you view a storm is a question of perspective; provided you find the right rock to watch it from, it could be the...

But there are rock and roll fans all over this continent and all over the globe, really, and we’re just set at marking the planet with Styx music until the day we die.

Most managers in the rock n’ roll world… don’t care so much about who’s in the band as long as it’s making money.

The gay bunting erects his white crest, and gives utterance to the joy he feels in the presence of his brooding mate; the willow grouse on the rock crows his challenge aloud; each floweret, chilled...

I’m a good example of someone who can come to Hollywood and keep their feet on the ground with all the rock stars, all the drama that goes with being here. It’s still important to...

New York City has more rock history in its 305 square miles than most of America combined.

Trusting the resolve in my heart is but a stepping stone to the future I now see clearly.

There are enough scary rock & roll mothers in the world.