ROCK-on Worldwide

I still play loud as fuck, cuss and spit and blow shit up. My balls have not shrunk but definitely grown. I know they have dropped… but that’s an age thing.”

Nikki Sixx of MotleyCrue to Journalist Mick Wall

So, I’m still very close to my parents and I’ll always be their little baby, you know? It’s just really funny. In other cities I’m just like ‘Rock & Roll!’ and fucking crazy and partying and then I come home to Boston and I’m just like ‘Mom, can you make me my favorite sandwich?’”
Hugh Ferreira of Tantric

“If you’re listening to a rock star in order to get your information on who to vote for, you’re a bigger moron than they are.”
Alice Cooper

“There’s nothing more boring than a rock’n'roll star. Someone who has been on the road for 10 years, expecting attention wherever he goes, drinking himself stupid, who is obnoxious, incoherent, uncreative, and has a massive ego. There’s nothing more pointless.”
Thom Yorke

Remember when you used to watch TV in the Sixties and you’d see Perry Como in a cashmere sweater? That’s what rock’n'roll is becoming. It’s your parents’ music.”
Neil Young

“I’m dealing in rock’n'roll. I’m, like, I’m not a bona fide human being.”
Phil Spector

“I think of our differences as a family squabble. If I shout and scream at him, it’s because no one else has the guts to do it or else they’re paid not to do it. At the same time I’d hope Mick realizes that I’m a friend who is just trying to bring him into line and do what needs to be done.”

– Keith Richards on Mick Jagger

I’d rather play jazz, I hate rock and roll.

– Ginger Baker

Rock’s so good to me. Rock is my child and my grandfather.

– Chuck Berry

All rock musicians are deaf… Or insensitive to mellow sounds.

– Marc Bolan

Rock ‘n’ roll is ridiculous. It’s absurd. In the past, U2 was trying to duck that. Now we’re wrapping our arms around it and giving it a great big kiss.

– Bono

Your woman pisses you off so that gets in there; that’s rock n roll.

– Gary Cherone

If it’s illegal to rock and roll, throw my ass in jail!

– Kurt Cobain

The great thing about rock and roll is that someone like me can be a star.

– Elton John

I don’t know which will go first – rock and roll or Christianity.

– John Lennon

If you don’t know the blues… there’s no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music.

– Keith Richards

I am a dog that loves my fleas.

– Marilyn Manson

Two things never go out of style: spirituality and sex. They’re the same thing.

– Carlos Santana

We’re like Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon.

– Robert Plant on Jimmy Page

Music is fulfilling. The next day you feel better.Drugs, the next day you feel

– Neil Young

A journalist asked me why I dye my hair. It’s either that or Grecian Formula.

– Flea

If I started thinking too much about how influential I’ve been, then I’d be more of a turd than I already am.

– Iggy Pop

Serious music usually doesn’t pay.

– Elvis Costello

I don’t buy into the idea that you’re not supposed to rock & roll after a certain date. Maybe I should be in Bellevue, but I’m just having a good time.

– Steve Tyler

I opened the door for a lot of people, and they just ran through and left me holding the knob.

– Bo Diddley

What will I be doing in twenty years’ time? I’ll be dead, darling! Are you crazy?

– Freddie Mercury

Onstage, I make love to 25,000 people, then I go home alone.

– Janis Joplin

I’ve never had a problem with drugs. I’ve had problems with the police.

- Keith Richards