After 50, the rock 'n' roll road is a little absurd. It's very difficult to play these little places. You're out there on a rickety old bus with no place to shower.
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Related Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON There's rock n' roll in hip-hop, there's rock n' roll in pop music, there's rock... JOHN VARVATOS It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ... MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX There's always gonna be rock n' roll bands, there's always gonna be kids that love rock ... DAVE GROHL Buddy Holly and the early rock 'n' roll was no lighter than the way I play. It's very mi... JONI MITCHELL Rock 'n' roll is ridiculous. It's absurd. In the past, U2 was trying to duck that. Now w... BONO Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill ROLAND SMITH Rock n' roll is very special to me. It's my lifeblood. JOEY RAMONE There's an edge to real rock 'n' roll. It's all that matters. NEIL YOUNG I'm not dissatisfied with my place in it rock 'n' roll. PAUL WESTERBERG I am like the little rock n' roll backseat driver. NINA BLACKWOOD It's a rock 'n' roll thing to have one-night stands. RICK SPRINGFIELD Wherever there are rock 'n' rollers, we'll play. That's what we've been doing fo... RONNIE HAWKINS About f-f-ace!" she said to the horse, flailing with her boots. "Into the barn, please. It's time fo... PETER LERANGIS You see?" Damien leaned over his desk and spread out half a dozen charcoal sketches. "These are only... RICK RIORDAN Yeah, I don't like, um, I'm not interested in rock 'n' roll piano. I find it a littl... WARREN ZEVON There comes a point where it is just undignified to be a rock 'n' roll star. TINA TURNER I don't find any presidents all that sexy. They're not very rock'n'roll. CARMEN ELECTRA T-shirt and jeans style now is where I'm at. Maybe a little rock 'n' roll T-shirt and je... JOSH HUTCHERSON I'm still a big 'Grey's Anatomy' fan. BROOKE ELLIOTT I used to watch 'Grey's Anatomy' pretty religiously. ERINN HAYES Every actor I know pretty much wants to be a rock n' roll star, and we'd all give it up to b... DAVID COSTABILE I have always believed that there is nothing greater than a life in rock n' roll - it has to be ... ATUL GAWANDE Rock Band is more like Stairmaster than it is like rock 'n' roll - it's the same steps w... CARRIE BROWNSTEIN I don't think rock 'n' roll is necessarily a young man's game. ADAM CLAYTON A live performance is the same no matter what genre it is. Wrestling, rock 'n roll, hosting, act... CHRIS JERICHO I don't believe people playing rock n' roll should have crowns. We're not kings and quee... PATTI SMITH Films don't always tell a story; some films can achieve effect just by being razzle-dazzle or ro... ROBERT REDFORD I've got a few ideas," (Amy) admitted. "But I don't know where we're going in the long term. I mean ... RICK RIORDAN See, to me, rock'n'roll doesn't have any point. It's just fun. It has a million diff... EVAN DANDO When you sit down and think about what rock 'n' roll music really is, then you have to chang... LITTLE RICHARD We thought that's the way you were supposed to be if you were in a rock 'n' roll band. F... DAVID JOHANSEN There's this absurd situation on a movie set where your trailer's here and the set is here a... OLIVIA WILLIAMS I love a vintage look that's also a bit rock n' roll. CARA DELEVINGNE I think rock 'n' roll would become exponentially, considerably more difficult to perform pas... ADAM CLAYTON I grew up in a world that told girls they couldn't play rock 'n' roll. JOAN JETT Alas, I think I am becoming a god. TITUS Some men by ancestry are only the shadow of a mighty name. LUCAN I have a wife, I have sons: all of them hostages given to fate. LUCAN This is the rock 'n' roll life, and you had to invent it as you went along. There was no tex... KEITH RICHARDS To make a rock'n'roll record, technology is the least important thing. KEITH RICHARDS Rock and Roll does have its limits as far as the aging process. You want to go out there and play wh... GEDDY LEE If you're an impressionistic painter and you want to paint expressionism, you've got to chan... TOBIN BELL I don't think rock 'n roll is necessarily a young man's game. I think Neil Young is just... ADAM CLAYTON It's a cruel, heartless world out there in commercial rock 'n' roll, and when you take a... TINA WEYMOUTH On the road, as a 'rock star,' there's superficial attention and adulation is thrown at ... MELISSA ETHERIDGE We were on the cover of Women's Wear Daily, which was hardly rock 'n' roll, but it pleas... GARY KEMP Any time you play your horn, it helps you. If you get down, you can help yourself even in a rock ... JOHN COLTRANE I think with Sky and BBC Three and Channel 4, there are some great television platforms, and the sta... BRENDAN COYLE Rock n' roll is for the young idiots, not an old fart like me. AL JOURGENSEN There's no leader of this band, and there never will be. That's the key. You can't contr... SHANNON HOON I always laugh at these rock n'rollers where you can't understand them. Mind you, it's n... HARRY CONNICK, JR. I don't know if it's possible to live the rock 'n roll lifestyle and still be romantic. ADAM LEVINE Hard rock will always be hard rock, but you don't really know what is rock - and what isn't ... ALICE COOPER There's two kinds of rock n' roll casualty: the one that has huge success and adoration, and... RHYS IFANS You can't stop rock-n-roll! DEE SNIDER Rock n' roll seems like it's faded away sometimes, but it will never die. ALEX TURNER I can rock out anything. I mean, I can rock out a little 'Time After Time'. I can do a littl... KRISTEN BELL If I could dress anyone, I'd like to dress the Queen - she can handle anything. I'd put her ... DONATELLA VERSACE The Best of Elvis Presley, Doris Day, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bill Hailey and the Comets, Frank Sinatra, Pe... SARA SHERIDAN I don't blame the average seventeen-year-old punk-rock kid for calling me a sellout. I understan... KURT COBAIN I don't know what metalcore is. I know what rock n' roll is... It's not rocket science. ANDY BIERSACK Don't have to see," the pilot grunted. "Olga knows the way." "Funny name for an aircraft... GORDON KORMAN My Valentine's playlist... you're gonna have to play some Ginuwine. You're gonna have to... PRINCE ROYCE I think the rock'n'roll myth of living on the edge is a pile of crap. ROBERT SMITH Rock'n'roll has to be destroyed and rebuilt in my name if it's ever gonna accomplish any... GG ALLIN America is tough for rock music. Rock n' roll used to be the main music for the youth, and it... TAYLOR HAWKINS There's just no great rock albums anymore. There's a lot of rock music out there, but it'... MARILYN MANSON Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end. SENECA Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness. SENECA We never reflect how pleasant it is to ask for nothing. SENECA Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take... SENECA Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life. SENECA Luck is where opportunity meets preparation. SENECA Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures. SENECA Music is such a great communicator. It breaks down linguistic barriers, cultural barriers, it basica... THE EDGE Detroit: Cars and rock 'n' roll. Not a bad combo. KID ROCK There was not a lot of rock n' roll in the house. Our parents didn't think it was very groov... ELVIS COSTELLO If you're looking for light entertainment, you can't get much lighter than 'Bye Bye Bird... TERRY TEACHOUT In that, Blade 2 is very much like a rock concert... if it's too loud, you're too old. GUILLERMO DEL TORO I know I'm not the kind of person who's gonna wind up a walking jukebox, like many rock '... CARLOS SANTANA I always find Victoria's Secret models a bit weird. EDIE CAMPBELL It's fun to look at people that are so good at acting that aren't actors, like David Bowie c... VAL KILMER I love rock-n-roll. I think it's an exciting art form. It's revolutionary. Still revolutiona... NICK CAVE Instagram is just a way of showing the world a little piece of what you're like. You're not ... SOFIA RICHIE When you're on a series that's been cancelled, there's a little bit of a stink on you. HANK AZARIA I'll do a cappella stuff, rock 'n' roll and swing stuff. JUICE NEWTON I love Chloe Sevigny's style - the way she manages to add a touch of rock n' roll to every l... KRISTIN CAVALLARI You're not making a decision if you come to a fork in the road. There is no 'it' to take... PAUL SAMUELSON 'She's Dynamite' was a 100 years ago, and I recorded that song because the company thoug... B. B. KING When you're guest-starring, it's very nice, but you're there very briefly, and it's ... 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