Rock Quotes

“Man, you weigh a freaking ton," he told me. "What've you been eating, rocks?"
"Why, is your head missing some?" I croaked. His mouth almost quirked in a smile, and that's when I knew how upset he'd been”
― James Patterson, The Angel Experiment

“I say in speeches that a plausible mission of artists is to make people appreciate being alive at least a little bit. I am then asked if I know of any artists who pulled that off. I reply, 'The Beatles did'.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Timequake

“When you've got nothing, you've got nothing to loose.”
― Bob Dylan

“Why should I care what other people think of me? I am who I am. And who I wanna be.”
― Avril Lavigne

“If Music is a Place -- then Jazz is the City, Folk is the Wilderness, Rock is the Road, Classical is a Temple.”
― Vera Nazarian

“Mellow is the man who knows what he's been missing”
― Led Zeppelin

“It's me. I chose this. I chose all of this — this rock has been waiting for me my entire life. I’ve been moving towards it my whole life.”
― Aron Ralston, Between a Rock and a Hard Place

“I declare that The Beatles are mutants. Prototypes of evolutionary agents sent by God, endowed with a mysterious power to create a new human species, a young race of laughing freemen.”
― Timothy Leary

“Don't waste your time or time will waste you.”
― Muse

“Jumping from boulder to boulder and never falling, with a heavy pack, is easier than it sounds; you just can't fall when you get into the rhythm of the dance.”
― Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums

“What's my age again?”
― Blink-182

“Even a rock moves on.”
― Anthony Liccione

“Dont test me,
Second guess me,
Protest me,
You will DISAPEAR!

(East Jesus of Nowhere)”
― Billie Joe Armstrong

“It’s not a bad lesson to learn in the bleaker months: how you view a storm is a question of perspective; provided you find the right rock to watch it from, it could be the most incredible thing you’ll ever witness.”
― Dan Stevens

“Three young cats with starlight in their eyes and the whisper of ancient wind in their fur."

-Rock, Cats of the Clans”
― Erin Hunter

“Strange how potent cheap music is.”
― Noel Coward, Private Lives

“I've always been spiritual but I've never had a proper context, and it took me a while to find the proper context. It's hard to realize you can have any kind of relationship with God you want... and so I now have a punk rock relationship with God”
― Billy Corgan

“Don’t cry,” he whispers. “Just let me do what I do best, baby. Let me take care of you.” “It’s hard for me to let people in, Leo.” “I’m already in,” he reminds me. “And I’m not going anywhere.”
― Kristen Proby, Rock with Me

“The music defied classification. If I had been writing a
review of the show, I would have labeled it progressive,
guitar-driven rock ’n’ roll. But the guitars made sounds guitars
didn’t always make. Symphonic sounds. Sacred sounds.
The music dug in so deep you didn’t hear it so much as feel
it, reminding me of a dream I used to have when I was a kid,
where I would be standing on a street corner, I would jump
into the air, flap my arms, and soar up into the sky.
That’s the only way I could describe the music.
It was the sonic equivalent of flight.”
― Tiffanie DeBartolo, How to Kill a Rock Star

“Just a small town girl, living in a lonely world, took the midnight train going anywhere...
Just a city boy, born and raised in South Detroit, took the midnight train going anywhere...”
― Journey

“ya better come inside
when you're ready to
but no chance if ya don't wanna dance
you like four letter words when you're ready to
but then you won't 'cos you know that you can
”
― Def Leppard

“Yeah, I know, the Mars thing. I've been meaning to talk to you about that. When did you get the idea it would be cute to carve my dad's cell-phone number on a rock in the middle of Syrtis Major? He hates it when people call me on his phone."
Kit gave Nita a resigned look. "Sorry," he said, "I couldn't resist.”
― Diane Duane, Wizards at War

“A pet rock is a serious commitment and too much responsibility for a ten year old to handle on his own”
― Kyle Adams, Dirty Zero

“Now that rock is turning 50, it's become classical itself. It's interesting to see that development.”
― Björk

“Do not feel sad for your tears as rocks never regret the waterfalls”
― Munia Khan

“Musicians have always had a better understanding of love than the rest of us. Over the years they have told us that love: is like a rock, is here to stay, is all you need, will find a way, will keep us together, will tear us apart, sucks.”
― Cuthbert Soup, Another Whole Nother Story

“Don't put a lump of rock under my elbow again!”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers

“The Devil has all the best tunes? My arse! Metalville just got a new sheriff.”
― Mark Rice, Metallic Dreams

“Wings are like dreams. Before each flight, a bird takes a small jump, a leap of faith, believing that its wings will work. That jump can only be made with rock solid feet.”
― J.R. Rim

“When life puts rocks in your way, build something nice with them.”
― Volksweisheit