Jeff Beck Quotes

In 1952, Muddy cut the song 'Rollin' Stone.' It was a nationwide success, and the song echoes down through rock n' roll history. Bob Dylan cut a tribute by the same name, an English band decided to call themselves the Rolling Stones, and the magazine that first embraced music as a serious cultural phenomenon was itself called 'Rolling Stone.'

I would like to find a way to embrace what Led Zeppelin did, in filmmaking.

What we admit to is being a rock n' roll band. From day one, I was a big Chuck Berry fan.

He might have been in Led Zeppelin, but to me he was just dad.

For more than 15 years, Mogwai has built a reputation on its monstrous ambitions for rock music.

Jimi Hendrix is one of the main influences on why I wanted to play guitar. He really shook me. I think it was his whole style - the look and what he did with the guitar.

Our interest in 'Rolling Stone' is driven by its people, its cultural significance, and the globally recognized brand that has no peer in its areas of influence.

It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ’n’ Roll)

The only thing I use the Rolling Stone for is toilet paper when I run out.

Whereas Rolling Stone, I just never had anything to do with them. I'd stop by the office maybe twice a year.

I don't want to be in Mötley Crüe or something.

I had found The Runaways and I had seen Foxes, and I decided I was just gonna become a juvie, like Cherie Currie.

Led Zeppelin is what made me buy my first electric guitar: the Jimmy Page guitar sound.

She's got her own thing going, Lady Gaga is a genius as a fashion icon.

Stevie Nicks is dope.

It was Stevie Nicks who made the biggest impression and really resonated with me. I found her intriguing and liked her voice. Her songs were kind of mysterious, and she was a woman in a rock band.

I wanted to find a bridge between Musique Concrete, electro-acoustic music, and proper rock music.

You got to look the part. You have to look like all the successful rock bands look. This is what they do. That's never been us. You know, it's a hard game to play: at the end of the day, we are just a rock band and have so many different cultures of music that we have grown up on, because we are fans of all different kinds of music.

Mickey' is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a one-hit wonder.

People will always have the desire to make rock and roll records, and they'll always have the desire to sell rock and roll records. Most of the people making these records do it because it is a business, and if someone says, "You can't do this", they won't complain. They'll just keep making records, but they'll get blander and blander. There'll still be rock and roll, but compared to what it really could be or ought to be, I don't think it'll be all that terrific.

I mean, the thing about Guns N' Roses was that it wasn't trying to attach itself to the '80s, or anything that had to do with the '80s. It's just who we were at that time. We were doing what we wanted to do. That had really nothing to do with anything around us, except for the simple fact that we were rebelling against that stuff.

I've always just wanted to sing in a rock band.

When alternative music - which is supposed to be the standard-bearer of where white rock is headed - becomes either too cute or too manufactured, that's just really not good.

When that band started out, I was 18 years old. So that was my reality all the way up until I quit the band. And even then, you know, Guns N' Roses has a nasty way of sticking around.

Anyone who tells you they got into rock'n'roll for reasons other than girls, fame and money is full of s***.