Andy Summers Quotes

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.

I don't have to save rock. I don't even like rock that much.

I'd rather play jazz, I hate rock and roll.

I never liked blues and I really didn't like jazz. I liked Chuck Berry.

The primary one being, like I said, I don't like rock 'n' roll piano.

I like rock music. I like jazz better, though.

I listen to music for emotion and I get zero emotion from rap.

I listen to some really bad country.

Everybody is always raving about the Rolling Stones, saying, 'The Stones this, and the Stones that.' I've never cared for the Stones. They never had anything to offer me musically, especially in the drumming department.

Rock & roll has kept us alive for all these years. But we just love country music. It's in our blood.

I've always had a close connection to both rock and classical music.

Now I listen to all kinds of music except rap, which all sounds the same to me.

I hate most of what constitutes rock music, which is basically middle-aged crap.

I don't like rock. Honestly, I like to listen to it, but it's not for me. There's a lot of musical genres that I find interesting, but they don't suit me. It's one thing to listen to different genres, but to perform a genre that isn't yours is counterproductive.

Some people hate the remixes, some people think it's cool. If you don't like that type of music and just like rock, you probably won't like it. But if you are open to more things, you just might dig it.

I'm not terribly happy about rock and roll. Certain rock music is uninspiring, numbing; it makes you feel like an idiot.

I like all music. The only music I don't like is bad music.

The early Bon Jovi stuff I can't stand. I just think we didn't have our stylistic voice. But some people love some of that stuff.

There are a lot of bands that have a huge appeal, but I don't understand why. Guns n' Roses. U2. But you know, that's just my thing. Music is pretty personal.

I think it had something to do with my love of music, especially rock music.

There was a period of time where I really hated rock music.

Given a choice between Charlie Mingus and Eric Dolphy or Joe Strummer and Lou Reed, there was no choice. I like Reed and Strummer, but it's kiddie music.

For some reason, as a kid, I felt outwardly embarrassed to say that I liked rock music. I don't know where that came from. For me, it just wasn't cool - orchestral music was cool.

It's not like I have this philosophical answer as to why I love rock.

I didn't like progressive jazz or anything. Rock was something I like to listen to.