Rock And Roll Quotations | Page 3

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'.

Lord, I am a surgeon and music is my knife. It cuts away my sorrow and purifies my life.

The young people have MTV and rock and roll. Why would they go to read poetry? Poetry belongs to the Stone Age. It awakens in us perceptions that go back to those times.

Now I'm grown up and playing in a band.

I might even end up a rock and roll god, it might turn into a steady job.

No change in musical style will survive unless it is accompanied by a change in clothing style. Rock is to dress up to.

The rock and roll business is pretty absurd, but the world of serious music is much worse.

When Van Halen started out, there was no path to fame. We just played what we liked. Even today it always comes down to the simplicity of rock and roll.

The biggest problem in rock journalism is that often the writers main motivation is to become friends with the band. Theyre not really journalists; theyre people who want to be involved in rock and roll.

He never ever learned to read or write so well, but he could play his guitar like he was ringing a bell.