Arto Lindsay Quotes

The big turning point, really, was the Beatles' influence on American folk music, and then Roger took it to the next step, and then along came the Lovin' Spoonful and everybody else.

Some of the greatest hip-hop artists have incorporated elements from electronic shows into their setup. People are taking notice. It's going to be a new wave.

We always thought it strange that nobody was up on that stage playing soul stuff. Maybe people were playing it in their garages, like us, but they always reverted to pure rock when they got on stage.

Rockers are the nicest people to photograph. They have no inhibitions.

There's always people saying that rock is dead, rock is over. People are always out to kill rock and roll.

Rock and roll is the hamburger that ate the world.

Why there aren't people out there willing to have fun playing rock 'n' roll. I just don't get it.

America is tough for rock music. Rock n' roll used to be the main music for the youth, and it's not so much anymore. It's hip-hop and stuff.

When I heard Little Richard, I mean, it just set my world on fire.

The other guys in Hootie were into rock. I brought the country influence.

Rock n' roll doesn't change. All the idiocies and pretension continue.

I once said a poet has the right to sing as loudly and vocally as he wants to. Most poets should face a rock n' roll audience for one night to keep them honest.

Pup, who's like the most amazing, they're keeping rock 'n' roll and punk alive.

It's something I've always been passionate about - which is the power of rock and roll itself. I'm a walking example of its power, 'cause I was totally altered in the seminal years of Live by bands like U2 and R.E.M., U2 in particular.

I've said this many times: Rock 'n' roll is this magnet for dysfunctional people who only know how to communicate through the medium of a live show.

If you're in a rock band, you're never too tame.

In the late '70s, I was falling into the middle lane. I was way too country to be rock, and way too rock to be a country act.

I come to America because if you're a rock 'n' roll musician you should come here every chance you get.

Roll over Beethoven, tell Tchaikovsky the news.

I don't know if I know anyone, with the exception of the early inventors of rock music [who wasn't influenced by something].

We came along at a time when people were really focused on music. We were part of the second generation of bands after all of those great 60's bands when rock was still in its' infancy.

In L.A., we played rock venues because we had a band, which hip-hop venues couldn't accommodate. And within that, we created a show which we could put on in front of anybody.

Even when I was a kid, I always sort of identified myself with Keith Richards and Slash more than the singers of the bands.

We play loud electric guitar music, and we'd hope that that doesn't mean you have to act like an asshole.

In the early days, you would get skinheads, the Eagles and Black Sabbath playing the same show.