Stephen Stills Quotes

"One thing the blues ain't, is funny."

"David Crosby is an incredible musician. He's to the point now where he never makes mistakes."

"I ain't no Dylan, you know. I haven't got the gift of the language, I don't think."

Neil and I used to have guitar wars on stage that were really stupid. It was really funny."

"I abhorred hippies. That's fair and accurate."

"I'm a pretty private guy. I like having people over and having a meal at home."

"We moved around so much when I was a kid, the place I call home is New Orleans because at least I can remember the names of some of the streets there."

"I detest talking about myself. There is a reason why people pick up an instrument and put it between themselves and the rest of the world."

"I don't set out to write a political song. I am not one of those that feels compelled to write about what's going on."

"My first album would have been a number one record if George Harrison hadn't come out right behind me with All Things Must Pass."

Velvet Underground Quotes

Lou Reed: "I don't like nostalgia unless it's mine."

Maureen Tucker: "When I was playing with the Velvets, I was playing with a group of friends."

Sterling Morrison: "Anybody who needs Bob Dylan to tell him which way the wind is blowing is a serious mental defective."

Lou Reed: "I didn't get in it for the money, and I'm the same way now. I do it for me. Because I like doing it."


John Cale: "If I'm interested in what I'm doing, other people will be interested in it."

Lou Reed: "One chord is fine. Two chords are pushing it. Three chords and you're into jazz."

Nico: "I don't think about the future, I can't think further than tomorrow morning...at the most. I leave that to somebody else."

Sterling Morrison: "I like the Doors. I like Jim Morrison, but for different reasons probably than you people think you like the Doors. I like Jim Morrison, he's real nice."

John Cale: "The only reason we wore sunglasses onstage was because we couldn't stand the sight of the audience."

Lou Reed: "I think life is far too short to concentrate on your past. I rather look into the future."

John Cale: "I like what the future holds. I don't like thinking about the past."

Bonnie Raitt Quotes

"I'd wake up in the morning and my job was to be 'Bonnie Raitt' in capital letters."

"I'm not that beautiful, and I don't want to be a pop star."

"I never saw music in terms of men and women or black and white. There was just cool and uncool."

"One of the biggest obstacles I've overcome in my life was thinking I didn't deserve to be successful."

"My love was Bob Dylan, but as I got older I realized a good ballad was a good ballad."

"The great thing about the arts, and especially popular music, is that it really does cut across genres and races and classes."

"I've watched my peers get better with age and hoped that would happen with me."

"Sometimes I'm more true when I'm up onstage than I'm able to be in my regular life."

"I'm sure I would have been considered a more significant artist if I was a singer-songwriter. It's just not the way I roll. I love being a curator and a musicologist."

"I have a really full life, both within music and outside it."

Joan Baez Quotes

"Someone had to change the world, And obviously I was the one for the job."

"I went to jail for 11 days for disturbing the peace; I was trying to disturb the war."

"Action is the antidote to despair."

"I have hope in people, in individuals. Because you don't know what's going to rise from the ruins."

"The easiest kind of relationship for me is with ten thousand people. The hardest is with one."

"The era in which I came on the scene was a ten year period of exceptional talent. I mean, nobody could top Dylan; they've been trying for years. Nobody can really top John Lennon."

"It seems to me that those songs that have been any good, I have nothing much to do with the writing of them. The words have just crawled down my sleeve and come out on the page."

"You don't get to choose how you're going to die, or when. You can only decide how you're going to live. Now."

"As long as one keeps searching, the answers come."

Jack White Quotes

"I have three dads: my biological father, God and Bob Dylan."

"I don't trust anybody who doesn't like Led Zepplin."

"It is the pursuit of happiness that brings us happiness, and not the happiness achieved."

(About Lady Gaga) "I don't think she lives it because it's all artifice. It's all image with no meaning behind it."


"I certainly wouldn't want a song that I'd already written to be used on a commercial. That Seems Strange."

"I want to be part of the resurgence of things that are tangible, beautiful and soulful, rather than just give in to the digital age."

"Frank Sinatra was dignified. We don't have a Frank Sinatra, or a Patti Page nowadays. What do we have? Ashlee Simpson instead of Patti Page."

"I would never purposely sing a song about someone I love, I wouldn't want to embarrass them. But for someone I don't like...I would definitely do that."

"I grew up in the city. I don't think there have been too many musicians who have made it out into the mainstream who are actually from the inner city of Detroit - except for the Motown artists, really."

Great Quotes About Life

George Harrison: "If you don't know where you're going then any road will take you there."

Frank Zappa: "The most important thing to do in your life is to not interfere with somebody else's life."

Stevie Wonder: "You can't base your life on other people's expectations."

George Michael: "You'll never find peace of mind until you listen to your heart."

Cyndi Lauper: "On my darkest days, I wear my brightest colors."

Paul McCartney: "Why would I retire? Sit at home and watch TV? No thanks. I'd rather be out playing."



Bob Dylan: "A person is a success if they get up in the morning and gets to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do."

Diana Ross: "I really, deeply believe that dreams do come true. Often, they might not come when you want them. They come in their own time."

Joan Jett: "Girls see these defined roles they're supposed to follow in life, but when I was a young child, my parents told me I could be anything."

Tina Turner: "I didn't have anybody, really, no foundation in life, so I had to make my own way. Always, from the start. I had to go out in the world and become strong, to discover my mission in life."

John Lennon: "When I was five years old my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down 'happy'. They told me I didn't understand the assignment, and I told them they didn't understand life."

Billy Joel: "If you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time."

Michael Stipe Quotes

When we first started, we were a band from Athens and that was so off the map.

And I don't expect anyone can bring about a revolution in the way that Bob Dylan did, and didn't, in the 1960's.

I wouldn't survive ten minutes on American Idol.

I think there were early critics who wanted us to change the world because the Sex Pistols failed.

Radiohead are so good they scare me.



New York can do that to you. You come here to change the world but you end up changing yourself.

I grew up in an era where the Banana Splits, the Archies and the Monkees  were the music that I listened to. The Beatles were the music that was playing in the background.

We made mistakes, but they were ours, and that kind of pride of ownership, whether it`s the really good stuff or the bad and embarrassing stuff, is a really good feeling.

Lately I`ve been listening to Q-tip almost non-stop. And Bjork, and Thom Yorke from Radiohead, Natalie Merchant, Grant-Lee Phillips and Courtney Love and Bono. A lot of those people are people that I know and have friendships with. And when they do something great it really challenges me to kind of one-up them.

If I'm tired of me, I'm sure the public is as well.

Bob Dylan Quotes

"People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent."

"At times in my life the only place I have been happy is when I am on stage."

"Just because you like my stuff doesn't mean I owe you anything."

"Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet."

"Swallow your pride, you will not die, it's not poison."


"I've never written a political song. Songs can't save the world. I've gone through all that."

"A person is a success if they get up in the morning and gets to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do."

"I define nothing. Not beauty, not patriotism. I take each thing as it is, without prior rules about what it should be."

"You don't necessarily have to write to be a poet. Some people work in a gas station and they're poets. I don't call myself a poet because I don't like the word. I'm a trapeze artist."

"People can learn everything about me through my songs, if they know where to look."

"I've only written four songs in my whole life, but I've written those four songs a million times."

"All I can do is be me, whoever that is."

Rock Artists Who Won Oscars

The Beatles: Best  Song Score - Let It Be - 1970.

Isaac Hayes: The Theme From Shaft - 1971.

Stevie Wonder:  I Just Called To Say I Love You - The Woman In Red - 1984

Prince: Best Song Score - Purple Rain - 1984

Carly Simon: Let The River Run - Working Girl - 1988

Bruce Springsteen: The Streets Of Philadelphia - Philadelphia - 1993

Elton John: Can You Feel The Love Tonight - The Lion King - 1994

Phil Collins: You'll Be In My Heart - Tarzan - 1999

Bob Dylan: Things Have Changed - Wonder Boys - 2000


Eminem: Lose Yourself - 8 Mile - 2002

Annie Lennox: Into The West - Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King - 2003

Three 6 Mafia: It's A Hard Life For A Pimp - Hustle & Flow - 2005

Melissa Etheridge: I Need to Wake Up - An Inconvenient Truth - 2006

Trent Reznor: Best Original Score - The Social Network - 2010

Famous Bob Dylan Covers

Peter, Paul & Mary -  Blowin' in The Wind: Dylan's most covered song and this is the most successful version.

The Byrds - Mr. Tamborine Man: Hit number one on the U.S. singles chart in 1965. The Byrds recorded other Dylan songs including "Chimes Of Freedom" and "My Back Pages".

The Turtles - It Ain't Me Babe: Another band who recorded numerous Dylan covers.

Manfred Mann - The Mighty Quinn: Hit #1 on the U.K. singles chart in 1967. This song is also known by the title "Quinn The Eskimo".

Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower: Considered one of the greatest cover songs of all time.

Guns N Roses - Knockin' At Heaven's Door: Originally recorded for the "Days Of Thunder" soundtrack.

The Rolling Stones - Like A Rolling Stones: The Stones finally got around to recording this song in 1995.

Funny Mistaken Song Lyrics

Bob Dylan - Blowin' In The Wind (1963): Real Lyrics - The answers my friends, are blowin' in the wind. Wrong Lyrics - The ants are my friends, they're blowin' in the wind.

Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze (1967): Real Lyrics - 'Scuse me while i kiss the sky. Wrong Lyrics - 'Scuse me while i kiss this guy.

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising (1969): Real Lyrics - There's a bad moon on the rise. Wrong Lyrics - There's a bathroom on the right.

Van Morrison - Moondance (1970): Real Lyrics - And all the night's magic seems to whisper and hush. Wrong Lyrics - And all the night's magic seems to whisper Anne Heche.

Nazareth - This Flight Tonight (1973): Real Lyrics - Should not have got on this flight tonight. Wrong Lyrics - Suge Knight have got on this flight tonight.

John Travolta & Olivia Newton John - You're The One That I Want (1978): Real Lyrics - I've got chills, they're multiplying. Wrong Lyrics - I've got shoes, they're made of plywood.

Toto - Africa (1982): Real Lyrics - There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do. Wrong Lyrics - There's nothing that a hundred men on mars could ever do.

The Pretenders - Middle Of The Road (1983): Real Lyrics - I'm standing in the middle of life with my plans behind me. Wrong Lyrics - I'm standing in the middle of life with my pants behind me.

TLC - Chasing Waterfalls (1994): Real Lyrics - Don't go chasing waterfalls. Wrong Lyrics - Don't go Jason Waterfalls.

Famous Songs About Famous People

Going To California - Led Zepplin (1971): The lyric "...she plays guitar and cries and sings" is about Joni Mitchell.

Love Reign o'er Me - The Who (1973): Pete Townshend originally wrote this song about British singer Shirley Bassey, whom he had a crush on during his adolescence.

Killing Me Softly With His Song - Roberta Flack (1973): Supposedly inspired by a poem written by Lori Lieberman about singer Don McLean.


Shine On You Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd (1975) This nine part song was inspired by former lead singer Syd Barrett, who ironically visited the studio while the group was recording. It took awhile to recognise him because no one had seen him for several years.

Hurricane - Bob Dylan (1975): A protest song about boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, who Dylan felt was wrongly sent to prison in the late 60's.

Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton (1978): From the album "Slowhand", this song was written for George Harrison's ex-wife Pattie Boyd.

Empty Garden - Elton John (1982) Written and recorded after the death of John Lennon. The two artists were close friends, with Elton being named Sean Lennon's godfather.

Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses (1987): From their multi platinum selling album "Appetite For Destruction". Axl Rose co-wrote this song about his then girlfriend Erin Everly, daughter of Don Everly of the Everly Brothers.

Black Velvet - Alannah Myles (1989): This song is a tribute to Elvis Presley and hit number one on the U.S. Billboard charts.

Beatle Women

Cynthia Powell: She met John Lennon at the Liverpool college of art in 1957. They were married from 1962 to 1968 and had a son together, Julian. During the early days of Beatlemania they kept their marriage a secret.

Jane Asher: TV and movie actress who was Paul McCartney's girlfriend (and later fiance) from 1963 to 1968. Her brother is Peter Asher, who was a member of the singing duo Peter And Gordon (Paul wrote songs for them).

Maureen Cox: Ringo's wife from 1965 to 1975. They had three kids together, including Zak Starkey who grew up to play drums for the Who and Oasis.

Patti Boyd: Model and later author, who was married to George Harrison from 1966 to 1977. The two met on the set of the film A Hard Day's Night (1964). Later she married Eric Clapton, who had written the song Layla for her.

Yoko Ono: The most famous (or infamous) of all the Beatle women. An avant-garde artist and activist who was married to John Lennon from 1969 until his death in 1980. The two had a son together, Sean Ono Lennon.

Linda Eastman: Linda was a photographer, who photographed many famous musicians (Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin etc). Before meeting Paul her favourite Beatle was John. Linda and Paul were married from 1969 until her death in 1998. They had three kids together, including fashion designer Stella McCartney.

Barbara Bach: While making the movie Caveman (1981) Ringo Starr met former Bond girl Barbara Bach. They married a year later and have been together ever since.

Olivia Harrison: Olivia was a secretary at A&M records when George Harrison met her. They were married from 1978 until his death in 2001 and had a son, Dhani.

Each Beatle had flings with famous women (some possibly rumours)

John Lennon: Ronnie Spector.

Paul McCartney: Piggy Lipton, Rosanna Arquette, Christie Brinkley.

George Harrison: Joey Heatherton.

Ringo Starr: Shelley Duvall.

Neil Young Quotes

"I totally have no other talent and I would be totally out of work if I did anything else."

"Commitments are one of  the worst things to have in the music business. They're very annoying."

"My music isn't anything but me. It has jazz in it, and rock & roll, and it has an urgency to it."

"I never met Johnny Rotten, but I like what he did to people."

"I have so many opinions about everything it just comes out during my music. It's a battle for me. I try not to be preachy. That's a real danger."

"The sixties was one of the first times the power of music was used by a generation to bind them together."

"When people start asking you to do the same thing over and over again, that's when you know you're way too close to something that you don't want to be near."

"Remember when you used to watch TV in the sixties and you'd see Perry Como in a cashmere sweater? That's what rock & roll is becoming. It's your parents' music."

"I'll never be Bob Dylan. He's the master. If I'd like to be anyone, it's him. And he's a great writer, true to his music and done what he feels is the right thing to do for years and years and years."

"I never forgot, that every time a new Beatles or Dylan album came out, you knew they were way beyond it. They were always doing something else, always moving down the line."

"I just do what I do. I like to make music."

Quotes About The Beatles

Timothy Leary: I declare that the Beatles are mutants. Prototypes of evolutionary agents sent by God, endowed with a mysterious power to create a new human species, a young race of laughing freemen.

Bob Dylan: They were doing things nobody was doing. Their chords were outrageous, just outrageous, and their harmonies made it all valid. I knew they were pointing the direction of where music had to go.

Billy Joel: The Beatles were the band that made me realise it was possible to make a living as a musician. When I heard the Beatles, I said "that's what I want to do".

Gene Simmons: The Beatles were a band, of course, and I loved their music. But they were also a cultural force that made it OK to be different. They didn't look like everyone else, and they still made the girls scream.

Dave Grohl: The three of us (Nirvana) grew up listening to the Beatles, then classic rock and punk. Somehow it all came together.

Liam Gallagher: I love the Beatles. What more can I say? I'm not gonna lie to you. They make me happy. And I think they were the best, and still are.

Steven Spielberg: I resented the Beatles at first because it wasn't a fad I discovered for myself. I wasn't a Beatles fan until I listen to the White Album and became an instant convert.

Leonard Bernstein: Three bars of A Day In The Life still sustain me, rejuvenate me, inflame my senses and sensibilities.

Johnny Ramone: my favorite artists have always been Elvis and the Beatles, and they still are.

Roger Daltrey: All you could do was to see them. We were backstage when the Beatles were on and you could just about hear a noise. It was just literally screaming.