Music has to breathe and sweat. You have to play it live. ~ James Brown

Rock isn't art, it's the way ordinary people talk. ~ Billy Idol

Everything I wrote about wasn't about me, but about the people listening. ~ Chuck Berry

To me, the message of my songs, of all songs, is "enjoy life." My message as a person who evidently doens't have much more planned is the same. It's the only message I ever thought art had any business having. ~ Warren Zevon

An honest man's pillow is his peace of mind. ~ John Mellencamp

I invented rock & roll. Jimi Hendrix was my guitar player. James Brown was my vocalist. ~ Little Richard

Rock music can change things. I know that it changed our lives. ~ Bono

I feel that what I do is always contemporary with the society I'm living in... If I wanted to explain myself, that's how I'd explain myself: that I'm a diarist. ~ David Bowie

When I started Rolling Stone in November 1967, the magazine's initial chapter was to cover rock & roll music with intelligence and respect. Even then, we knew that the fervor sweeping our generation encompassed more than just music. ~ Jann Wenner

We were a funk band. ~ David Byrne

The beauty of the band was you never knew what was going to come out next. ~ Jimmy Page

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