“Everybody was tellin’ me that I had to do something different, and I kind of agreed that I did need to vary a little bit. I still love some rock n roll too.” “I just like the blues better than rock n roll.” “…it just takes one person to make people aware of the blues.”… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Rock n Roll Quotes
Janis Joplin
“You know why we’re stuck with the myth that only black people have soul? Because white people don’t let themselves feel things.” Janis Joplin
Aretha Franklin
“I always felt rock and roll was very,very wholesome music” “If a song’s about something I’ve experienced or that could’ve happened to me it’s good. But if it’s alien to me, I couldn’t lend anything to it. Because that’s what soul is all about.” Aretha Franklin
Tom Petty
“It’s funny how the music industry is enraged about the Internet and the way things are copied without being paid for. But you know why people steal the music? Because they can’t afford the music.” Tom Petty
Neil Young
“Back then people closed their eyes and listened to the music. Today there is a lot of images that go with the music. A lot of music is crap and it’s all commercial and the images are all trying to sell the record.” “There’s an edge to real rock n roll. It’s all that… Read more »
Jimmy Page – Led Zeppelin
“My vocation is more in composition than anything else – building up harmonies using the guitar, orchestrating the guitar like an army, a guitar army.” – Jimmy Page
Elvis Presley said…
“Rhythm is something you either have or don’t have, but when you have it, you have it all over.” “Rock and roll music, if you like it. you feel it, you can’t help but move to it. That’s what happens to me. I can’t help it.” “I think I have something tonight that’s not quite… Read more »
Chet Atkins – Guitarist Extraordinaire Said…
About making mistakes: “Do it again on the next verse, and people will think you meant it.” Chet Atkins
Chuck Berry said…
About making mistakes: “Don’t let the same dog bite you twice.” Chuck Berry
Billie Joe from Green Day says:
“Making mistakes is a lot better than not doing anything” Billie Joe Armstrong – Green Day