Best Classic Rock Quotes

"I don't even think they're that great but there's enough of a popular appeal to their music as crazy as it is that I think you can actually consider them classic rock."

"I loved like Hendrix, the Eagles, Pink Floyd..."

"Putting the beat back into the Beatles. Here Comes the Sun, the last Beatle song."

"It's a good, nice, sweet classic melodic rock tune."

"Tyler's powerful scream serves as the linchpin of 'Dream On,' a gold standard against which many other classic rock singers have been measured."

"This is a year that brought us dream on, give up the funk, Bohemian Rhapsody, the boys are back in town, love roller coaster, evil woman, rock and roll all night. Dear God, this year rocks."

"The screams in 'Won't Get Fooled Again' are considered to be among the most powerful moments in the recorded history of the entire rock era."

"867-5309 Jenny, absolutely rocks thanks to a killer opening guitar Melody."

"He's made a point to be like, how can you listen to Pink Floyd and not give it your full attention? And I definitely agree with that."

"The enduring quality of something like 'Whole Lotta Love' is really quite extraordinary." - Jimmy Page

"More than a feeling is more than a classic rock staple; it is an inspired brainchild of innovative artistic engineering and earth-shattering vocals."

"As soon as you hear the first few notes of that wonderful quirky fuzzy guitar riff of Spirit in the Sky, you know that you're about to be transported to the place that's the best."

"Bohemian Rhapsody is a classic rock staple and a musical masterpiece."

"It's simply one of the most recognizable guitar rifts in classic rock history."

"Fat Bottom Girls, you make the rock and roll go round."

"Appetite will always be a classic album."

"It's one of the most endearing standards of the classic rock format."

"My favorite classic rock band? The Doors, 100%."

"A classic rock classic that remains as foundational to the genre as any other song."

"Of the classic rock bands, this one still holds up critically and it can still be seen."

"That's like a song classic rock radio still plays all the time."

"The Cars are sorely missed as the instigators of the greatest classic rock new wave group in music history."

"I remember going home like I was cranking classic rock music, I was screaming, I was so excited."

"No surprises, no fillers, straight ahead down the line classic rock and roll"

"It's like classic rock and roll, right? Never gets old."

"The Eagles epitomized the West Coast California sound of the early '70s."

"Some songs just had extra staying power didn't they? American woman was one of those for me."

"1982, The Clash, 'Rock the Casbah.'"

"It is Pink Floyd Led Zeppelin, it is rock and roll."

"Stranglehold right, it's got to be on this list, Ted Nugent it's just such a amazing song."

"I love Queen, David Bowie, old rock."

"You could do a whole mix with really that one reverb, maybe a couple of compressors here and there, and that would be all the outboard gear you'd probably need to get a classic rock sound."

"I love the Beatles, the Allman Brothers, of course, hello my kids, who doesn't?"

"Van Halen one, this is a quintessential classic rock album."

"Rick Rubin had 'Highway to Hell' on CD, and any time Andy Wallace had a question about how to make anything sound, he just pointed to that."

"Welcome classic rock fans to one of my 10 of the best."

"We're flying the flags high and mighty for classic rock."

"They're in the history of great classic rock."

"I love Metallica, they're a classic."

"It's vintage Stones though, it's Some Girls, it's the classic '78 sound."

"It's an immensely popular record with tons of immensely popular classic rock radio staple songs."

"I loved Cream, The Doors, Led Zeppelin, Iron Butterfly."

"This is the very flavor of Physical Graffiti as a magnificent album."

"All the young dudes, everybody loves that song."

"Stairway to Heaven isn't only one of Led Zeppelin's finest songs but also one of the greatest songs in rock and roll."

"I'm definitely more rock and roll, love classic rock."

"Stairway to Heaven, arguably one of the most famous rock songs of all time, is a testament to the band's ability to create epic, complex compositions."

"This is classic, heavy stuff, underrated rock band in the 70s."

"Everybody's favorite Styx anthem, 'Come Sail Away'."

"Guardians of the Galaxy, both soundtracks to those movies... really brought kids back into what they call it now, dad rock."

"Riders on the Storm... arguably one of their great songs of all time and it kind of simmers and boils."

"Physical Graffiti remains one of the most popular albums; its critical and commercial acclaim make it a centerpiece of '70s rock."

"Okay, now let's take a look at what John's playing during the chorus, it's a very cool classic riff."

"The trooper is definitely a classic and super fun to play."

"I kind of like their slower stuff sometimes, you know, like 'Stairway to Heaven's obviously a classic."

"Some of my favorite things to do is like put on an AC/DC album or Led Zeppelin, something with just really ripping shredding guitar."

"Riders on the Storm, into this world we're born, into this world we're thrown."

"Everybody respected Rush. You know, 'Tom Sawyer' would come on and everybody would be quiet and listen. That's respect, man."

"It's been coming for some time where younger kids just really identify with classic rock."

"I wrote the songs Purple Haze and All Along the Watchtower."

"Always a lot of requests for this one, it's a Simple Man by Leonard Skynyrd."

"Game over, right? Like, that's just, you know, Les Paul into Marshall, that's rock and roll to me as far as I'm concerned."

"You can never go wrong with Zeppelin."

"Charting number three on Billboard 100 singles was 'I Can't Get No Satisfaction' by The Rolling Stones."

"I like that old time rock n roll."

"I really hope you enjoyed checking out this all-time classic Led Zeppelin tune."

"Carry on my wayward son by Kansas."

It's like listening in to the "Dark Side of the Moon."

"The band had stuck to their classic rock roots but reshaped their sound for a modern audience."