Favorite Quotations ~ Rock & Roll

Watercolor of Silhouette Guitarist in Motion Rock & roll is bold and unbreakable—built to last and made to move hearts. It’s rhythm with attitude, and soul with grit. As Billy Joel once sang, Youve got to be hard, like the rock in that old rock & roll.” These quotes capture the spirit, swagger, and sound that defined a generation and continues to echo through time. 🎶

Trying to seduce an audience is the basis of rock & roll. ~ Jon Bon Jovi

Musicians are like Pied Pipers... people just follow them to wherever they may be going. ~ Chris O'Dell

Elvis Presley, the hillbilly hep cat... simply, the king. ~ Michael Bane

The life of a rock & roll band will last as long as you can look down into the audience and see yourself. ~ Bruce Springsteen

Love is rock and love is roll. I just want something to hold. ~ Eurythmics

The rock & roll industry is very incestuous... A lot of pain, too. ~ Joni Mitchell

One chord is fine. Two chords are pushing it. Three chords and you're into jazz. ~ Lou Reed🎸

Rock & roll is instant coffee. ~ Bob Geldof

I like rock & roll, and I don’t like much else. ~ John Lennon

I don’t wanna see old people on a rock & roll stage. ~ Grace Slick

Rock & roll is not so much a question of electric guitars as it is striped pants. ~ David Lee Roth

We never said it was a utopia. Rock & roll is played on enemy ground. ~ Mick Jones

If there was a Rock Star 101 course, I would have liked to take it. It might have helped me. ~ Kurt Cobain

When you just get mixed up & there's too much going on, then it's time to pick up your guitar. ~ Les Paul

Singing other people’s material was perceived... The effect was to make me dig my heels in. ~ Rickie Lee Jones