#rock and roll

The idea of the peace movement and of people who spent their entire lives trying to have a more egalitarian, just society, suddenly became swamped by the record industry, by the new rock and roll culture, and by the idea of not trusting anyone over thirty. ↗

— David Amram

#became #culture #egalitarian #entire #entire lives

Ian Gillan, Roger Glover and I wanted to be a hard rock band - we wanted to play rock and roll only. ↗

— Ritchie Blackmore

#hard #hard rock #i #ian #only

I've always played every amp I've ever had full up, because rock and roll is supposed to be played loud. Also, that's how you get your sustain. ↗

— Ritchie Blackmore

#always #amp #because #ever #every

I definitely got to a point where I realize how unusual it is to be able to play large, sold-out shows 30 years into a rock and roll career. I don't take it for granted. ↗

— Adam Clayton

#career #definitely #got #granted #how

I remember Mitch Miller saying every week, This rock and roll stuff will never last. But one doesn't like to bring that up to Mitch. ↗

— Rosemary Clooney

#every #i #i remember #last #like

The Telecaster doesn't really sound that good for the kind of rock and roll that a lot of people played. ↗

— John Fogerty

#kind #lot #people #played #really

The biggest problem in rock journalism is that often the writer's main motivation is to become friends with the band. They're not really journalists; they're people who want to be involved in rock and roll. ↗

— Chuck Klosterman

#become #biggest #biggest problem #friends #involved

People don't realize it, but no one lives that rock and roll life 24-7. They think it's hundreds of bottles of champagne flowing and private jets and money. But there's a lot of time when you're traveling - time to think, time to be lonely. Sometimes it gets to you. ↗

— Lenny Kravitz

#bottles #champagne #flowing #gets #hundreds

I'm the greatest rock and roll drummer on the planet and you suck. ↗

— Tre Cool

#greatest #i #planet #rock #rock and roll

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.' ↗

— Elvis Presley

#happens #help #i #like #me