Iconic Musician Quotes

I wasn't a Prince fan until I watched Purple Rain. When I watched that, it was one of my favorite movies of all time because it shows the life of an artist.

Steve Vai had a unique style of playing. Steve Vai didn't sound like anyone else: Steve Vai sounded like Steve Vai.

I just shot John Lennon.

Man, I'm the No. 1 living and breathing rock star. I am Axl Rose; I am Jim Morrison; I am Jimi Hendrix.

I would really love to work with Paul McCartney. Isn't that arrogant?

Getting to write a song with Steve Vai - he was my first support.

I got to jam with Prince, which is amazing.

I'll never be Bob Dylan. He's the master.

I named my son after Randy Rhoads - Rhoads Morello.

It's hard to say this about a guy like Eddie Van Halen, one of the greatest guitar players who ever lived, but he's really limited to a style and they're locked into it.

I wanted to have the adoration of John Lennon but have the anonymity of Ringo Starr. I didn't want to be a frontman. I just wanted to be back there and still be a rock and roll star at the same time.

I learned a lot about what I do with my craft, how I present my music. A lot of things about him were very much an influence on me and everybody else. Once you get in that fold and you're around it, you get to experience something that I don't think we'll ever see again. There will never be anybody like Frank Sinatra. Ever.

Patty Griffin is iconic, and there's no other word to really describe her. She is iconic for a lot of people - not only for me but for a lot of fans. Her voice is one of a kind, and she's such an important figure in the American music scene.

Prince.. a true artist in every sense of the world.Gone way too soon.

I don't think of Kurt as 'Kurt Cobain from Nirvana'. I think of him as 'Kurt'. It's something that comes back all the time. Almost every day.

I cried, I was so overwhelmed to meet Michael Jackson.

Elvis was the first person in music that I really identified with.

I knew Jimi (Hendrix) and I think that the best thing you could say about Jimi was: there was a person who shouldn't use drugs.

Stevie Wonder is a musical genius !

I met Ray Charles at 14, and he was 16. But he was like a hundred years older than me.

He was just dad to me. I never really looked at him as Mr. Supergroup, John Bonham.

My heroes: Nick Cave, Tom Waits, Nina Simone.

I worked with Paul McCartney, and he was lovely.

I've always been a Jeff Beck fan. Who isn't? He is in a league of his own.

Bowie's obviously my biggest influence.