Rock Quotes
Ideologically, the pursuit of science is not that different from the ideology that goes into punk ro...
Show MoreI enjoy punk, the attitude as well as the music, but I don't feel like I have to be a carbon copy of...
Show MoreJumping from boulder to boulder and never falling, with a heavy pack, is easier than it sounds; you ...
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Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat.
Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will ...
Show MoreKeep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will ...
Show MoreKeep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will ...
Show MoreKeep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will ...
Show MoreRock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards.
Kids don't care about rock and roll as much as they used to, as the other generations have. It's alr...
Show MoreThe only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family.
Like almost all of Beefheart's recorded work, it was not even "ahead" of its time in 1969. Then and ...
Show MoreLike almost all of Beefheart's recorded work, [Trout Mask Replica] was not even "ahead" of its time ...
Show MoreIt was still twilight when they reached the flat rock. They sat, and the stone still held the warmth...
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When you're taught to love everyone, to love your enemies, what value does that put on love?
Juliet, the dice were loaded from the start. / When you gonna realize it was just that the time was ...
Show MoreStrange how potent cheap music is.

Rock music is not meant to be perfect.
All that stuff about heavy metal and hard rock, I don't subscribe to any of that. It's all just musi...
Show MoreWhen I was younger, I felt it was my duty to wake people up. I thought poetry was asleep. I thought ...
Show MoreWhat I wanted to do in rock 'n roll was merge poetry with sonic scapes, and the two people who had c...
Show MoreOne time Marian showed me some sand. When she gave it to me, she said, "These are very interesting s...
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Civilization began the first time an angry person cast a word instead of a rock.
I hit rock bottom, but thank God my bottom wasn't death.
I hate most of what constitutes rock music, which is basically middle-aged crap.
I'm not cool enough to hang out with any rock stars. Jay-Z doesn't come over to my house. I don't ha...
Show MoreIn matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
I declare that The Beatles are mutants. Prototypes of evolutionary agents sent by God, endowed with ...
Show MoreI don't know if it's possible to live the rock 'n roll lifestyle and still be romantic.
Success begets success. I've been offered a lot of movies now that '30 Rock' has been successful.
My mom is definitely my rock.
Why should I care what other people think of me? I am who I am. And who I wanna be.
A lot of punk rock is not going to be in the mainstream. It's below the radar. The beauty of it is t...
Show MoreI've always been spiritual but I've never had a proper context, and it took me a while to find the p...
Show MoreShe always says I'm the best friend that she's ever had... how do you hang up on someone who needs y...
Show MoreNow that rock is turning 50, it's become classical itself. It's interesting to see that development.
When you've got nothing, you've got nothing to loose.
She's got everything she needs; she's an artist, she don't look back.

Rock music should be gross: that's the fun of it. It gets up and drops its trousers.
Most of all, we remain focused on our Rock that never moves.

When it comes down to it, glam rock was all very amusing. At the time, it was funny, then a few year...
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