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Hard Rock Quotes

Raw sound, loud guitars, and unmistakable energy.

These quotes capture what draws musicians and fans to hard rock, including bands who deliberately keep their Music raw instead of layering on effects. Several recall discovering classic hard rock acts as teenagers.

So when I got to be about 13 or 14, I started listening - even though my parents music was way cool - to contemporary hard rock at that time, which was Aerosmith, Cheap Trick, Black Sabbath, AC/DC, Ted Nugent...

Quotes by Slash

At 15, I started listening to hard rock and heavy metal, but I would say it was more hard rock because I liked Kiss, Aerosmith, Ted Nugent, and eventually AC/DC.

Quotes by Rick Rubin

In between 15 and 20 - probably at around 17 - my interests switched from hard rock to punk rock. And then by 20 they were circling out of punk rock back into Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, the stuff that...

Quotes by Rick Rubin

I knew that I wanted to create a restaurant like Hard Rock Cafe or Planet Hollywood that celebrated not just music or Hollywood, but who we were as people of color, as Caribbean, African, Cajun and Southern people.

Quotes by Malik Yoba

Emotion Quotes

Not a lot of hard rock bands are just letting it all be - they're adding a lot of samples on things, or effects or whatever - and we just wanted the drums to be raw so you could really...

Quotes by Johnny Christ

I think what I'm going to do is get more balance in my life to still be able to go out and play the hard rock 'n' roll and do what I like to do in music.

Quotes by Joan Jett

John Candy gave me a Hard Rock Cafe jacket, which was awesome because I was really from a very rural, small town, and it seemed so exciting to me. I think my mom still has that jacket.

Quotes by Jean Louisa Kelly

I was born and raised in the high desert of Nevada in a tiny town called Searchlight. My dad was a hard rock miner. My mom took in wash. I grew up around people of strong values - even if...

Quotes by Harry Reid

I like mellow music. I like some jazz. But I'm not a big hard rock guy.

Quotes by Gary Carter

Energy Quotes

I have had success throughout the years. Some of the hard rock bands today don't have the history that I have.

Quotes by Gary Cherone

I've had the privilege of meeting and/or interviewing most of the top metal and hard rock artists at various points in my career and sharing their stories and music with millions of fans on air through TV and radio.

Quotes by Eddie Trunk

One thing people would be surprised about is that although hard rock and heavy metal are without question 90% of what I listen to and my passion, there are other things I enjoy. My first ever favorite band in my...

Quotes by Eddie Trunk

My particular space has always been quite unique in popular music. I have a background in R&B and hard rock and straight pop, but I never went all the way with any of those genres.

Quotes by Donovan

The marketing department is really an important part of getting an animated film to work. If the people running it are used to selling live action films and the hard rock music and the sex and all those things... Anything...

Quotes by Don Bluth

Music Quotes

'Epicloud' is the first record that I felt confident enough to include all those things on one record, so it goes between melodic hard rock to schizophrenic heavy metal to country to really ambient stuff, and it's all in one...

Quotes by Devin Townsend

There's everybody in the world who is always trying, time and time again, to proclaim the death of rock, or hard rock and heavy metal. Not if I have anything to do with it, not if we have anything to...

Quotes by David Draiman

I write almost all my songs on an acoustic guitar, even if they turn into rock songs, hard rock songs, metal songs, heavy metal songs, really heavy songs... I love writing on an acoustic because I can hear what every...

Quotes by Corey Taylor

Few bands in hard rock history have been so adept at balancing the awesome and trivial as Van Halen in their prime.

Quotes by Chuck Eddy

I understand how hard rock fans feel inside out, because I was one of those people.

Quotes by Charlie Simpson

Power Quotes

The feathers have been retired to the London Hard Rock Cafe. I don't obsess about it as much. Also, it's strange - the better physical shape I get in, the less I care about what suit I'm covering myself up...

Quotes by Brandon Flowers

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Frequently Asked Questions

What do these hard rock quotes cover?
This page gathers quotes about hard rock music, touching on the raw sound bands aim for, the classic acts that shaped the genre, and what keeps musicians drawn to it.
Why do people search for quotes about hard rock?
Fans and musicians often look for hard rock quotes to capture the genre's energy and rawness, or to reflect on the artists and albums that first drew them in.
What do these quotes say about keeping a hard rock sound raw?
One describes deliberately avoiding extra samples and effects, wanting the drums to stay raw so listeners can hear the music without added polish getting in the way.
Which classic acts are mentioned in connection with hard rock?
One recalls discovering contemporary hard rock as a teenager through bands like Aerosmith, Cheap Trick, Black Sabbath, and AC/DC, artists that shaped an entire era of the genre.
Does hard rock only refer to music in these quotes?
Not exclusively — one describes wanting to build a restaurant celebrating the culture around hard rock and Hollywood, showing how the genre's identity extended beyond just the music itself.

Others connect hard rock to a certain kind of Energy and identity, from wanting balance between performing hard rock and everyday life to naming a restaurant after the genre's cultural pull.