Famous Quotes & Sayings

Stewart Copeland

That whole thing of replicating what others do is a siren call. The sirens lure you to the rocks of unoriginality.

Phil Collen

It's great to get insight into the era of 80's rock-n-roll via a treasure trove of photographs skillfully captured in front of Mark Weiss' camera lens. This event is the perfect time capsule for Mark's work finally being released upon the masses in 2012.

Phil Donahue

I was proud of the waves I had made, but wondered how many boats I was supposed to rock.

Peter S. Beagle

The magician stood erect, menacing the attackers with demons, metamorphoses, paralyzing ailments, and secret judo holds. Molly picked up a rock.

Peter Noone

I'm spoiled - in all ways. I've been in a rock 'n' roll band since I was 13, and we had incredible success. When it ended, it had been so good that I just looked at it as time to try something different.

Peter Hook

We don't to be some kind of rock supergroup for the sake of being a supergroup. You want to change things and say something fresh and new so you appeal to people as a new group.

Temple Grandin

In an ideal world the scientist should find a method to prevent the most severe forms of autism but allow the milder forms to survive. After all, the really social people did not invent the first stone spear. It was probably invented by an Aspie who chipped away at rocks while the other people socialized around the campfire. Without autism traits we might still be living in caves.

Scott Ian

Frank Zappa... was Beethoven for insane rock guys.

Sibel Edmonds

We need to stop saying we can't rock this boat when it needs to be rocked.

Vanilla Ice

To the extreme I rock a mike like a vandal.

Suzanne Collins

It's as if I'm Finnick, watching images of my life flash by. The mast of a boat, a silver parachute, Mags laughing, a pink sky, Beetee's trident, Annie in her wedding dress, waves breaking over rocks. Then its over.

Taryn Manning

I'm more like an animalistic rock chick.

Steve Tisch

Any foundation you build, if trust is part of that foundation, whatever you're building, whatever you're creating is gonna have a rock-solid foundation.

Steve Squyres

We have concluded that the rocks here were once soaked in liquid water. It changed their texture, and it changed their chemistry. We've been able to read the tell-tale clues the water left behind, giving us confidence in that conclusion.

Steve Squyres

The rocks, to a great extent, look swept clean. It's a much cleaner surface than what we had a right to hope for.

Stephen Wolfram

Rocks are computationally equivalent to humans.

Stephenie Meyer

So when he touched me, it was deeper and slower than the wildfire, like the flow of molten rock far beneath the surface of the earth. Too deep to feel the heat of it, but it moved inexorably, changing the very foundations of the world with its advance.

Taylor Swift

People throw rocks at things that shine.

Tara Reid

I make Jessica Simpson look like a rock scientist.

Tony Blair

Every so often, I feel I should graduate to classical music, properly. But the truth is, I'm more likely to listen to rock music.

Ringo Starr

I am the best rock drummer on the planet.

Steven Sater

I started buying records in the 80s. I listened to everything new wave, disco, funk synth-pop, rock, but in my house we were listening to bossa nova, tango, and folk.

Reggie Watts

I was in punk rock bands, heavy metal bands, world music bands, jazz groups, any type of music that would take me. I just love music.

Tom Jones

I couldn't do the heavy rock thing anymore. Noddy Holder was around kicking every singer in the ***. I never wanted to be a pop singer. Christ, how I hated Noddy!

Tom Verlaine

Places like Belgium and the south of France, Sweden and Copenhagen are really alive. They really love rock 'n' roll, they really respond.

Tom Stoppard

I like pop music. I consider rock 'n' roll to be a branch of pop music.

Tina Turner

I grew up in the south, poor - on rock, dirt roads.

Tia Carrere

I'm not really this rock'n'roll chick.

Thurston Moore

I never go back and listen to the recorded document. The thrill comes when the balance can be attained. Everyone in the room can have a shared, communal rock experience.

Thurston Moore

Rock'n'roll saved my soul.

Thurston Moore

DEVO was like the punk band that non Punk America saw as Punk and so when people who were really into Punk rock would be walking around on the streets the jocks who learned about Punk through Devo would roll down their windows and yell at the Punks: 'HEY, DEVO!!'

Todd Haynes

In my research, all roads led back to Oscar. It's definitely in a way trying to understand the truly English element to glam-rock. It really does not come from American culture.

Toby Keith

My deal will always be one solo performance-nominated or not. Not some thrown together rock tribute.