"Growing up, I fantasized about being a rock musician and that somehow it would be really easy. I didn't realize that it's so much work."
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"America gets rock stars a little more than Canada does."
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"It is incredible to me that my Twitter feed is a source of 'news' for every rock news outlet around the world."
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"I am the best rock drummer on the planet."
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"Everyone likes at least one Elvis song....Me, I love them all. He was, is and will remain the ultimate rock star."
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"I did the rock 'n roll-pop cliche of getting burnt out. I'm not the first person that happened to, and I'm sure I won't be the last."
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"This country to-day [is] the last stronghold of freedom, standing like a rock in a tide that is threatened to submerge the world."
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"If the big rocks don't go in first, they aren't going to fit in later."
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"I work to loud music - hard-rock stuff like AC/DC, Guns 'n Roses, and Metallica have always been particular favorites - but for me the music is just another way of shutting the door."
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"Elvis Presley's talent brightened millions of lives. He widened the horizons of my world certainly. The first record I ever owned was a 78 rpm of "Hound Dog" backed by "Don't Be Cruel" and when I listened to those tunes I felt about ten feet tall and I grinned so hard that I felt like the corners of my mouth would meet in the back and the tip of my head would simply topple off. All I know about Rock and Roll is that it makes people feel good. Elvis Presley more than made me feel good, he enriched my life and made it better."
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"My favorite record I've ever done is Rock Salt and Nails. It was recorded in '68-'69 and released in '69. There's something about that record I really like."
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"I was always drawn to the roots music, bluegrass, blues, early rock - Sun Records, Elvis [Presley]. And I still love that music to this day. Memphis never gets the credit. It's much more musically rich than Nashville ever will be. Nashville manufactured that hokey-hillbilly image way back."
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"Every musician, their goal in life is to play music that people love, and I've accomplished my goal. I was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and left that chapter of my life and those people in the past. Good and bad, I've loved and am thankful for that chapter."
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"Every 15, 20, 25 years, a new rock and roll record needs to come out and a new rock and roll band needs to come out."
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"Young bones groan And the rocks below say, "Throw your white body down!" But I'm going to meet the one I love At last"
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"Here in India, it is religion that forms the very core of the national heart. It is the backbone, the bed-rock, the foundation upon which the national edifice has been built. Politics, power, and even intellect form a secondary consideration here. Religion, therefore, is the one consideration in India."
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"In Philadelphia, there's no delineation, they address me as Rocky, for real. They'll say things like: "Rocky, do you like this coat?" Or: "Rock, say hi to my sister." Or: "Yo Rock, I know a great restaurant." There's no Sylvester. Even the Mayor goes: "It's good to have Rocky here today.""
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"Thus another friendship was dashed on the cruel rocks amid the storm of my self-destruction."
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"The difference between blues, jazz, rock n' roll and rap is that rap stayed poor. Even the white rappers are poor. It's scarier to look at poor people; it makes everyone uncomfortable. Their pain is something that people would like to see swept under the rug."
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"Hip-hop took some lessons from rock 'n' roll, and rock 'n' roll took some lessons from hip-hop."
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