My father hated rock and roll - hated it. My first real argument with my father was over the Rolling Stones. And he never, ever liked rock and roll. ….

The ultimate in futility is owning important jewelry. Insurers often insist on the wearing of paste replicas because necks with real rocks around 'em….

Punk rock is just another word for freedom..

I immersed myself in books and rock 'n' roll, the adolescent salvation..

There would be no Rock and Roll without Ike Turner, James Brown, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Allen Toussaint, etc. Fake ghetto books and fake ghetto mu….

In high school I wanted to be a rock star and was in a lot of bands..

Music television is all about the media-oriented version of what it is to be a rock star; it's not about what Bob Dylan or Jimi Hendrix were about - ….

At Microsoft, they all rock back and forth like Gates, they wear the same glasses, they have the same hair style. Maybe they grow them in tanks..

Stand through life firm as a rock in the sea, undisturbed and unmoved by its ever-rising waves.

Nobody but you is responsible for your life. You are responsible for your life. What is your life? What is all life? What is every flower, every rock….

I feel like a stone you have picked up and thrown to the hard rock bottom of your heart..

When we say a rapper, a rapper can say a rhyme. But an MC can rock a party..

When one makes the mind stick to one thought, the mind becomes rock-steady and the energy is conserved..

What most interests me is human connection, whether it's on the street, in community, through music, storytelling, and shared experience. People tell….

These days, rock 'n' roll is much more about rock than about roll. I don't do rock. But I'm interested in that roll part, because that's the funny li….

My lovely shining fragile broken house is filled with flowers and founded on a rock..

What keeps me awake at the wheel is the thrill of trying something completely new with each book. I’m not a risk-taker in life, generally speaking, b….

The various Social Security privatization schemes, full and partial, would cost both the 'social' - that is the public, cooperative, societal - eleme….

This then: to photograph a rock, have it look like a rock, but be more than a rock..

I wanted to be a rock star when I grew up, or at least a singer/songwriter..

We've more important studies than your fantasies and fears You know that rock's been perched up there for a hundred thousand years..