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."

Pink Quotes

"I read all the time. I love it. My fantasy would be to be locked into a library. I'd be very, very happy."

"I've always felt like the underdog, and I'm comfortable with that label."

"I'm about to make people forget about Madonna."

"I'm pretty confident and at the same time I'm pretty insecure. I'm like a walking conflict."

"Everyone has split personalities. You can be strong and vulnerable. Me? I have like 5 or 6. There are many sides to me."

"I  don't live in the Hollywood bubble. I never have and I never will. I wasn't invited to that party.

"Embrace the freak that you are."

"Today, charting your own course isn't just more necessary than ever before. It's also much easier - and much more fun."

"Lots of people don't think women are smart enough, strong enough or independent enough to make it. You just have to prove yourself."

"I just gotta try and take the chance right now and step out on the limb and say 'here you go. here's me and here's my music.' Hope you love it... if not hey. there's always next time cause I'm not going anywhere."

James Brown Quotes

"The one thing that can solve most of our problems is dancing."

"I want to say to you, help yourself, so you can help someone else."

"I taught them everything they know, but not everything I know."

"I've been knocked down a lot of times."

"Hair is the first thing. And teeth the second. Hair and teeth. A man got those two things he's got it all."


(About Elvis Presley) "I wasn't just a fan, I was his brother. He said I was good and I said he was good; we never argued about that."

"Disco is James Brown, hip-hop is James Brown, rap is James Brown; you know what I'm saying? You hear all the rappers, 90% of their music is me."

"Sometimes you struggle so hard to feed your family one way, you forget to feed them the other way, with spiritual nourishment. Everybody needs that."

"It doesn't matter how you travel it, It's the same road. It doesn't get any easier when you get bigger, It gets harder. And it will kill you if you let it."

"Sometimes, you like to let the hair do the talking."

"I don't really care what people think. I just do my own thing, I like being loud and letting people know I'm there."

Liz Phair Quotes

"I just want to make music and make a living. I just have to find the means of doing that."

"When you love what you do, you're happy just doing it."

"Now, in music, it seems more like the popular crowd suppresses anyone who is different."

"You have to do what you need to do as an artist. You have to have that courage."

"It was a source of shame for my family that I was in rock & roll, which is so blue collar."

"You know what really bugs me about my videos? When they can't figure out what to do, they just have me change clothes five times."

"Women's bodies are used to sell anything and everything because it works, it grabs people's attention, and advertisers aren't going to stop using something that works."

"I am just like you and everybody else. I am trying to live life as best I can."

Quotes From Heavy Metal Artists

Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden): "If heavy metal bands ruled the world, we'd be a lot better off."

Lars Ulrich (Metallica): "Everytime we put a record out, we lose people that can't deal with the growth."

Dave Mustaine (Megadeth): "Moving on, is a simple thing, what it leaves behind is hard."

Lemmy Kilmister (Motorhead): "That was a great time, the summer of `71. I can't remember it, but I'll never forget it."

Rob Halford (Judas Priest): "There's two kinds of music: heavy metal and all the crap they play on radio and show on MTV"




James Hetfield (Metallica): "I like playing music because it's a good living and I get satisfaction from it. But I can't feed my family with satisfaction."

Ozzy Osbourne (Black Sabbath): "All that stuff about heavy metal and hard rock, I don't subscribe to any of that. It's all just music."

Lita Ford (The Runaways): "I'm happy when I'm doing what I do best."

Ronnie James Dio (Black Sabbath & Dio): "Music, rock'n'roll music especially, is such a generational thing. Each generation must have their own music, I had my own in my generation, you have yours, everybody I know has their own generation."

Serj Tankian (System Of A Down): "Sometimes a good love song can change the world and create positive energy more than any political song can."

Scott Ian (Anthrax): " Why would heavy metal ever go away?"

More Quotes About The Beatles

Brian Wilson: "There's no outdoing The Beatles."

Noel Gallagher: "If I were in the Beatles, I'd be a good George Harrison."

Barry Gibb: "We were very influenced by The Beatles, no question."

Taylor Momsen: "The Beatles did everything first, and they did it the best."

Brian May: "I don't think anybody comes close to The Beatles, including Oasis."

Dave Grohl: "From one generation to the next, The Beatles will remain the most important rock band of all time."

Billy Preston: "The Beatles did treat me as a member of the group. And that was a great honor, you know?"

Alex Van Halen: "The Beatles will never get back together and David Lee Roth will never again sing with Van Halen."

Gene Simmons: "The Beatles weren't like any other band. Everybody in the band sang, which is why you knew everybody in the band."

Jerry Seinfeld: "The Beatles created something that never trailed off. What a gift that was to their fans. If you're into The Beatles, you loved them from beginning to end"

Annie Lennox Quotes

"The world is a heartbreaking place, without any question."

"There are two kinds of artists left: those who endorse Pepsi and those who simply won't."

"Whatever you do, you do out of passion."

"Every artist has to make their own statements and they have to live with them."

"I don't feel there are enough women artists out there who are saying anything of tremendous relevance."

"If people like your music you can't guarantee they're going to love you."



"I don't take myself as seriously as some people think, and I'd hate anyone to think I was preaching. That's the last thing I want."

"The future hasn't happened yet and the past is gone. So I think the only moment we have is right here and now, and I try to make the best of those moments, the moments that I'm in."

"When you're that successful, things have a momentum, and at a certain point you can't really tell whether you have created the momentum or it's creating you."

"A lot of music you might listen to is pretty vapid, it doesn't always deal with our deeper issues."

"I don't want to be owned by a corporation and obliged to make a certain type of album. I want to be free."