Rock stars have always been the subject of adoration and imitation. You can't just go ahead and become a rock star. These people have always been individuals who, thanks to their views on life and worldview in general, have become the idols of millions.
In this release: Axl Rose, Bob Marley, Keith Richards, Anthony Kiedis, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Kurt Cobain, Frank Zappa, Thom Yorke, Marilyn Manson, Dave Grohl, Kate Flint, Lemmy, Jon Bon Jovi.
So, what do rock idols think about the world, women, sex, alcohol, love, music, drugs and themselves - in our article:
Quotes from Great Musicians. Volume I."
Axl Rose - Guns'n'Roses
“I am not God. And if he was, then 3/4 of you would be girls, and the rest would be pizza and beer.
In original:
“I'm not God but if I were God, ¾ of you would be girls, and the rest would be pizza and beer.”
Bob Marley
“Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet."
In original:
“Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet.”
Keith Richards – The Rolling Stones
“I could never get into bed with a woman just for sex. I'm not interested. I want to hug you and kiss you and make you feel good and protect you. And the next day to get a nice note - be in touch"
In original:
“I've never been able to go to bed with a women just for sex. I've no interest in that. I want to hug you and kiss you and make you feel good and protect you. And get a nice note the next day, stay in touch.”
P.P.S. By the way, Johnny Depp tried to imitate the walk and manner of talking Keith in the image of Jack Sparrow. And then he asked Richards to play Jack's father in Pirates. caribbean. The guitarist agreed.
Anthony Kiedis - red hot Chilli Peppers
“It seems that the chaos in the world is accelerating, but with it the beauty in the minds of more and more people”
In original:
Jimi Hendrix
"When the power of love surpasses the love of power, peace will reign on earth"
Jimmy Page - Led Zeppelin
“Music is like making love. Sometimes you want soft and gentle, and sometimes hard and rough.
Kurt Cobain - Nirvana
"I like to complain and do nothing to improve the situation."
Frank Zappa
“Without deviation from the norm, progress is impossible”
P.S. Frank Zappa — American composer, singer, multi-instrumentalist, producer, songwriter, experimental musician, and sound and film director. "The Man Who Taught Everyone How to Play the Guitar"
Thom Yorke - Radiohead and Atoms For Peace
"I want to be alone and I want people to notice me - both at the same time"
Marilyn Manson
"I discovered big difference between wanting to die and not wanting to live. When you want to die, at least you have a purpose. When you don't want to live, you're just devastated."
If you can't say it in a three minute song, you can't say it at all.
Noddy Holder (b. 1950) british rock musician
Sometimes an orgasm is better than rocking in front of an audience. Sometimes rocking in front of an audience is better than an orgasm.
Mick Jagger (b. 1943), British rock musician
Rock is a hamburger that ate the whole world by itself.
Peter York (b. 1950), English journalist
Rock bands are the working class society of idleness.
Arthur Brown (b. 1944) english rock singer
Some rock musicians make tons of money to stuff up their noses. And I put my money in my ears.
Frank Zappa
To create a superstar, you must first shut her mouth. Too close acquaintance of the public with the artist can ruin him.
Bob Ezrin american rock producer
For rock musicians, the muse must be deaf.
Leonid Krainov Rytov (b. 1946), writer
Rock music is played at such a pace that you do not have time to understand what kind of melody it is and from whom it was stolen.
If I'm too loud for you, then you're too old for me.
Steve Bators, rock musician
Our music is folk music technological era.
Jimmy Page, rock singer
It's bad if your videos are better than your songs.
George Boy
Rock is not art; rock is the way the common guys talk.
Billy Idol
Rock Journalism: Guys who can't speak are interviewed by guys who can't write, so there's something to read for guys who can't read.
Frank Zappa
When I met Elvis, he had a million dollar talent. Now he has a million dollars.
Tom Parker on Elvis Presley
The blues is when good man Badly.
Why not make it so that popular songs can only listen to those among whom they are popular?
Pop music is a tricky business. Today you are a complete mediocrity, tomorrow - the idol of millions.
1. Almost all the music that we listened to in our youth is no good.
2. Almost all the music that our children listen to is no good.
Jean Liz
When you're thirty-five, things start to go wrong with the music.
Steve Reis
Having gone out of fashion, music does not become worse for this, but meanwhile it does not produce more impression on the innocent hearts of young girls. Maybe they liked her only because she aroused delight in young people.
Stendhal
A rock band is alive as long as it sees itself in its listeners.
Bruce Springsteen
For rock musicians, the muse must be deaf.
Leonid Krainov-Rytoe
There is one immutable rule that all types of music obey, something like an unwritten law. I don't know what that rule is, but I always follow it.
Ron Wood
In the 1950s, Elvis rebelled against the establishment, in the sixties he entertained the establishment, and in the seventies he was already the establishment himself.
Jerry Hopkins
All I want is for John Lennon Airport to have a baggage carousel in my name: "Baggage from Malaga arrived at the Ringo Cart."
Ringo Starr
The only thing that pleases in the records of Yoko Ono is the crackle of the plate.
S. A. Saks
Change musical style impossible without changing the style of clothing.
Frank Zappa
Punk music is just a way to sell pants.
Malcolm McLaren
I am not proud of anything in my life. I'm not proud that I'm a dropout. I'm not proud to be an alcoholic. I'm not proud to be a drug addict. I'm not proud to bite my head off bat. But it could be worse. I could have been born Sting.
Ozzy Osbourne
When I was seven years old, the world of rock music fascinated and fascinated me - I admired how these singers scream at the top of their lungs about good and evil, proclaiming themselves either angels or devils, while the mortals around them have fun. Sometimes it seemed like they were just crazy. However, their performances have always been striking in their technical complexity and excellent organization. I think that in the entire history of its existence, the world has never seen anything like it - such an amazing combination of wild barbarism and intelligence.
It creates a completely different aesthetic. For rock, it is not important that it is abstractly beautiful or lies in line with some musical tradition. Rock music is only as good as it reflects inner world of his generation. Probably no one expressed this idea as brightly and loudly as the Beatles.
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Hippies strove for peace and love. We rockers only wanted Ferraris, blondes and Finnish knives. I can't even believe that such people could create such deep music (Alice Cooper).
Sometimes, having sex on a guitar, you can extract sounds from it that you can’t extract with your hands (Ritchie Blackmore).
What keeps us in good shape? Chicks, stage sweat and alcohol... Did you think I'd say "vitamins"? (Bon Scott, AC/DC).
When the power of love surpasses the love of power, there will be peace on earth (Jim Hendrix).
My philosophy of life is simple: I need someone to love, something to expect and something to do (Elvis Presley).
They say money can't buy love? Believe me, only beggars and losers say that (Jim Simmons, "Kiss").
The only thing I love more than my wife is money. And I won't give them to her or her lawyers, that's for sure, damn it! (Jon Bon Jovi).
My wife said, "Why don't you write a song about me?" I took and wrote the song "Baba with eggs." Then she divorced me (Bonn Scott, AC/DC).
You can be her not the first, not the last and not the only one. She loved before she loved again. But if she loves you now, what else is wrong? (Bob Marley).
Any dancing is just a substitute for sex. What are you doing listening to us? (Mick Jagger).
Do you know where a woman's G-Spot is? - What? What? What the hell is a G-spot? Tell me where it is and I can have some fun! Several times I almost found it! Next time, I'll take my damn miner's lamp with me and do a thorough inspection (Ozzy Osbourne).
Love is not who you can see yourself with. This is the one you can't see yourself without (Jared Leto).
Women love men who can cry, don't you? Love?! Men who don't cry are not real men, in my opinion. But that's just my opinion (Brian Molko).
We praise the three most important things on earth - peace, love and rock and roll (Rudolf Schenker "Scorpions".)
Love is the answer, and you probably know it (John Lennon).
I will calmly leave the planet, because I know that my music will remain after me. Alex Van Halen.
I never get bored on stage. Because while you're playing, you keep trying to remember those damn lyrics... Pete Agnew.
You have the sun, you have the moon, and you have the Rolling Stones. What else do you need? Keith Richards.
Any mistakes are part of the game. Do not think about them, but try to fix them as soon as possible. Alice Cooper.
If your environment does not allow you to dream, change it immediately! Billy Idol.
Everything you need is already inside you. I believe that people create their own heaven and their own hell. This is a personal choice. Karl Logan - Manowar.
The most serious challenge adulthood is to hold on to an idealistic outlook, after the naivete has already been lost. Bruce Springsteen.
One part of me constantly worries that I am an ordinary loser, while the other fancies himself the Lord God. John Lennon.
I never liked to dig into myself. Not in life, not in music. Sometimes it's better to spit on everything. Just get on stage and do ROCK! Freddy Mercury.
I don't know what will disappear first, religion or rock... I'm betting on religion... John Lennon.
In fact, money is not that important. Do you have them or not. Whether you have clothes or not... At the very end you are left with yourself. Without anything. Billy Idol.
The things that went to those who waited are the things that were left behind by those who got them on their own. Steven Tyler - Aerosmith.
Your wrinkles can tell you one thing: either you are constantly irritated, or you are constantly smiling. Santana.
I'm proud that my soul is branded rock and roll! Paul McCartney.
Like a captive tenacious hands of loneliness circle. Picnic.
It is not necessary to believe in yourself, but it is absolutely necessary to believe in what you are doing! Jimmy Page.
If you have wasted time and enjoyed it, then time is not wasted! Waste time listening to rock! John Lennon.
Any dancing is just a substitute for sex. What are you doing listening to us? Mick Jagger.
The best emotion that rock gives is a charge of optimism! Brian May.
It never happens that I am satisfied with something. I am constantly trying to improve my music. Richie Blackmore.
The best songs always work on the first try. David Gilmour.
The only force that pushes us forward is music, and not the desire to become famous at all. Roger Waters.
No concepts - only your own impressions, emotions and experience - that's what rock is! Ian Gillan.
Our greatest achievement is not hits at all. It's that we stay together for so long and still give the heat! Dan McCafferty.
Rock is played not by notes, but by intuition. Brian May.
You need to be ready to listen to those who can teach you something. Otherwise, you will never grow up. Eric Adams.
The best headache cure or nerve for me is Led Zeppelin rehearsal. John Bonham.
The first instrument people invented was the drum. Because people wanted to somehow reproduce the first sound they heard in life - the sound of the mother's heart. Rick Savage.
Last night I listened to old songs, sorted through the performers in my mind and thought that the statements of many of them had already become winged. Moreover, not only quotes, but also phrases from the interview. Poryskal, searched - really there is a lot of things! So I'm sharing with you...
"I will calmly leave the planet, because I know that my music will remain after me"
Alex Van Halen, Van Halen
"All you need is already inside you. I believe that people create their own heaven and their own hell. This is a personal choice"
Karl Logan, Manowar
"One part of me constantly worries that I'm just a loser, while the other fancies himself the Lord God"
John Lennon, Beatles
"I never liked to dig into myself. Not in life, not in music. Sometimes it's better to spit on everything. Just go on stage and do ROCK!"
Freddie Mercury, Queen
"I don't know what will disappear first, religion or rock... I'm betting on religion..."
John Lennon, Beatles
"Things that went to those who waited are things that were left behind by those who got them on their own"
Stephen Tyler, Aerosmith
"Your wrinkles can say one thing: either you are constantly irritated, or you are constantly smiling"
Carlos Santana
Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin
"There is never such a thing that I was satisfied with something. I constantly try to improve my music"
"The only force that pushes us forward is music, not the desire to become famous"
Roger Waters, Pink Floyd
"No concepts - just your own impressions, emotions and experiences - that's what rock is!"
Ian Gillan, Black Sabbath | deep purple
"Rock is played not by notes, but by intuition"
Brian May, Queen
"The first instrument that people invented was the drum. Because people wanted to somehow reproduce the first sound they heard in life - the sound of the mother's heart"
Rick Savage, Def Leppard
"All this talk about metal and hard...I don't subscribe to a single word. Rock is just good music. He needs to be heard, not talked about!
Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath
"I never judge anyone. My favorite Indian proverb is: "Do not judge another until you have walked two miles in his moccasins"
Eric Adams, Manowar
"Someone told me recently - dying is hard and scary. Lies! Dying is easy. That's what's really hard - it's living"
James Hetfield, Metallica
"If your environment does not allow you to dream, change it immediately!"
Billy Idol, Generation X
"IN modern world It's very hard to believe in the light at the end of the tunnel. Thank God we have good old rock!"
Matthias Jabs, Scorpions
"For every man driving force- this is a woman. Without a woman, even Napoleon would be a mere idiot."
John Lennon, Beatles
"It's better to die on the sidelines, but to know that you did everything to achieve your goal. Than to live 100 years in abundance, realizing that you cheated on yourself"
Robert Plant Led Zeppelin
"Keep doing what you are doing. Pretend that you are doing it, and so on until the job is done"
Stephen Tyler, Aerosmith
"Life is a journey, not a destination"
Stephen Tyler, Aerosmith
"Music is music. And if it was created with feeling, then it is simply impossible not to notice it, no matter how old you are"
Daniel McCafferty, Nazareth
"There are times when nothing will light your path better than a burning bridge."
Don Henley, Eagles
"When did I realize that rock is everywhere? It was when people who traveled the Amazon told me that the children of the natives washed clothes in the river and sang Wind Of Change"
Klaus Meine, Scorpions
"You don't have to believe in yourself, but you absolutely have to believe in what you're doing!"
Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin
"Man is not born for the sake of music alone. Therefore, never take music too seriously. Let it entertain you"
Ritchie Blackmore, Deep Pupple | Rainbow
"You will always be surrounded by both negative and positive people. Just be yourself and do everything in your power. And don't care about the opinions of others!"
, Joey DeMaio, Manowar
"Compared to rappers who become millionaires in 15 minutes, we are just poor. But the fact of the matter is that we have never been in music for money. Our motivation is only music!"
Joe Elliott, Def Leppard
"The world is like a birthday cake. Take a piece for yourself, but don't eat it all - otherwise the stomach will not stand it"
George Harrison, Beatles
"If you want to hit some venerable authority in the teeth, hit with both feet"
Keith Richards, Rolling Stones
"Old age is when people talk more about your past than about your future"
Mick Jagger, Rolling Stones
"I hate all sorts of heroin snot. People sing about death and not wanting to live, and then they say:" Chao! See you next year! "How so, guys? You are going to die. Be honest with the fans!"
Matthias Jabs, Scorpions
"Real music will work for any generation!"
Roger Waters, Pink Floyd
"Fashion and music are incompatible things. I very rarely listen to new fashion bands more often they listen to me…"
Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath
"Does the devil have his own radio? Yes! It's gossip"
George Harrison, Beatles
"Every life has its own line of sadness. And, most often, when you cross this line, you wake up and start life anew"
Stephen Tyler, Aerosmith
"For concerts with a phonogram, you have to pay with photocopies of money"
Roni James Dio, Rainbow | Black Sabbath | Dio
