Rock And Roll Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old rock and roll quotes, rock and roll sayings, and rock and roll proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Rock and Roll is inclusive. It welcomes rockers of all races, religions, ages, ethnic backgrounds, alternative lifestyles. Maury Dean
Rock and roll music, if you like it, if you feel it, you can't help but move to it. That's what happens to me. I can't help it. Elvis Presley
Rock and roll is a style in which, at least ostensibly, the best artists are rule breakers. Steve Waksman
Some people come to our shows and think they're gonna spend the night just listening to love songs, and they're pretty much surprised cause we do a lot of rock and roll. Bobby Hatfield
Rock and Roll is simply an attitude. You don't have to play the greatest guitar. Johnny Thunders
Most of modern rock and roll is a product of guilt. Captain Beefheart
Rock and roll ain't nothing but jazz with a hard backbeat. Keith Richards
Energy is so important. If you don't have it, don't bother with rock and roll. Yoko Ono
You can't have rock and roll without drugs, you can't have rock and roll without sex. Rick James
Rock n Roll might not solve your problems, but it does let you dance all over them. Pete Townshend
Rock and roll is the hamburger that ate the world. Peter York
Rock and roll is here to stay. Neil Young
If it's illegal to rock and roll, throw my ass in jail! Kurt Cobain
For me rock and roll is about the freedom to express yourself very loudly. Bob Gruen
Rock and roll doesn't necessarily mean a band. It doesn't mean a singer, and it doesn't mean a lyric, really. It's that question of trying to be immortal. Malcolm McLaren
Rock music should be gross: that's the fun of it. It gets up and drops its trousers. Bruce Dickinson
Rock and Roll has no beginning and no end for it is the very pulse of life itself. Larry Williams
Rock and roll is a nuclear blast of reality in a mundane world where no one is allowed to be magnificent. Kim Fowley
If I hadn't heard rock and roll on the radio, I would have had no idea there was life on this planet. Lou Reed
Rock and roll keeps you in a constant state of juvenile delinquency. Eddie Spaghetti
If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it Chuck Berry. John Lennon
Hail, hail, rock n' roll / Deliver me from the days of the old. Chuck Berry
He never learned to read or write so well / But he could play the guitar just like ringing a bell. Chuck Berry
But what can a poor boy do / Except to sing for a rock and roll band? / Cause in sleepy London town / There's just no place for Street fighting man Keith Richards and Mick Jagger
I hate people asking me what I mean in my songs, cause it's none of their business. I also hate being asked, 'How do I feel being a woman in rock?' Sinead O'Connor
Thank God I didn't invent anything as banal as punk rock. It was basically something between high-school prom and pub-rock. Iggy Pop
Rock music is at the stage where it has become part of the establishment. How can you be a rebel, when rebellion is the norm? Therefore rock n' roll has lost its power as a revolutionary force. I think bands who call themselves revolutionary are playing at it. They're having no effect whatsoever. Sting
I'm not just a tortured, frustrated person who has to pour all of these things out of his soul. None of that is a prerequisite to being good at rock n' roll. Dave Gilmour
Rock n' roll is instant coffee. Bob Geldof
Rock n' roll is the music that inspired me to play music. There is nothing conceptually better than rock and roll. No group, be it The Beatles, Dylan, or the Stones have ever improved on Whole Lotta Shakin' for my money. John Lennon