David Carson
Graphic Designer
"Graphic design will save the world right after rock and roll does."
Rock And Roll quotes
Rock And Roll
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Kurt Cobain
Musician, Singer-Songwriter
"If it's illegal to rock and roll, throw my ass in jail!"
Rick James
Musician
"You can't have rock and roll without drugs, you can't have rock and roll without sex."
Charlie Watts
Drummer
"Rock and roll has probably given more than it's taken."
Neil Young
Musician, Singer-Songwriter
"My my, hey hey... Rock and roll is here to stay. Hey hey, my my... Rock and roll will never die."
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"Rock and roll is a music, and why should a music contribute to ... juvenile delinquency? If people are going to be juvenile delinquents, they're going to be delinquents if they hear ... Mother Goose rhymes."
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"Jesus was all right, but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It's them twisting it that ruins it for me."
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"Take a dose of rock and roll, and wash it down with cool clear soul."
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"Rock and roll music, if you like it, if you feel it, you can't help but move to it. That's what happens to me. I can't help it.'"
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"Rock 'n Roll: The most brutal, ugly, desperate, vicious form of expression it has been my misfortune to hear."
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"I once asked [John] Lennon what he thought of what I do. He said 'it's great, but its just rock and roll with lipstick on'."
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"Rock has always been the devil's music... I believe that rock & roll is dangerous... I feel that we're only heralding something even darker than ourselves."
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"Ten silver saxes, a bass with a bow The drummer relaxes and waits between shows For his cinnamon girl."
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"It's only rock and roll, my god! It's not rocket science."
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"Didn't want to be a star, wanted just to play guitar in this cockamamie business."
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"Cats on the bandstand, give them each a big hand, anyone who sweats like that must be all right."
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"All I want to do, is write rock and roll that you could listen to as you got older, and it wouldn't lose anything; it would be timeless, in the subject matter and the literacy of the lyrics."
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"I swear by this song and by all that I have done wrong, I will make it all up to thee."
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"If the Police could do a reunion... One of the biggest jerks I ever met was Sting. If he can do it, then anyone can do it. It's not that big a deal. And the Eagles! They did it! They severely hated each other. It's just rock and roll"
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"I got my hush puppies on. I guess I never was made meant for glitter rock and roll."
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"I still believe in rock and roll, it pays my bills."
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"I wanted to have the adoration of John Lennon but have the anonymity of Ringo Starr. I didn't want to be a frontman; I just wanted to be back there and still be a rock and roll star at the same time."
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"Lord, I am a surgeon and music is my knife. It cuts away my sorrow and purifies my life."
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"I just know that, right now, ... the biggest record selling business there is is rock and roll."
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"That was our first major tour and we got a chance to play in front of like 5000 people every day so it was like a Rock and Roll boot camp for us really, we learned a lot and made a lot of good friends."
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