In my life, I’ve been a movie star, a rock star, and a sports star, all wrapped up into one-and worked harder at it than anybody else.

There seems to be an inclination among rock musicians to be very carefree with money, but I negotiate the best flight and hotel deals on our tours to maximise the band’s income – I don’t want too see too much taken off the top line.

Not to be mean about it, but some great rock and rollers, like Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry, are pretty one-dimensional.

When I was a teenager, I really didn’t like loud rock music. I listened to jazz and blues and folk music. I’ve always preferred acoustic music. And it was only, I suppose, by the time Jethro Tull was getting underway that we did let the music begin to have a harder edge, in particular with the electric guitar being alongside the flute.

I think the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, first of all, has got to be put into the context of being an American cultural showcase. It’s there to be a museum showcase of all that’s great about American music.

The air is fresher here. Rock walls rise on either side of me. They must be the bowl of the volcano.

Little remnants from everywhere I’ve been are scattered around my home. I collect rocks in a weird way, with stones from around the world as mementos. I’ve also got three haranas, which are little guitars.

A river cuts through rock, not because of its power, but because of its persistence

In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.

The difference between Freddie and almost all the other rock stars was that he was selling the voice.

Of all the more theatrical rock performers, Freddie took it further than the rest… he took it over the edge..

Led Zeppelin is the greatest. Robert Plant is one of the most original vocalists of our time. As a rock band, they deserve the kind of success they’re getting

I won’t be a rock star. I will be a legend

No change in musical style will survive unless it is accompanied by a change in clothing style. Rock is to dress up to.

The Catholic Church is an innately conservative rock – they call themselves the ‘rock of Peter’ – and its resistance to change is, ironically, what has kept it constant throughout the ages.

The future of rock n roll is Justin Bieber

Punk rock is a word used by dilettantes and heartless manipulators about music that takes up the energies, the bodies, the hearts, the souls, the time and the minds of young men who give everything they have to it.

I used to have this lucky rock and I used to always have to rub it three times before I competed.

If you like something, rock it. If you want to rock a cape every day, go for it.

No one saw the recession coming. The UK businesses were solid as a rock, but the issues we had were in Paris, New York and LA. For every pound we were making here we were losing two pounds abroad.

When friends asked me, Can we help? I’d say, Not unless you can alter time, speed up the harvest or teleport me off this rock. I used that line from Star Wars.

This ain’t rock ‘n’ roll; this is genocide.

I have learned to kiss the waves that throw me up against the Rock of Ages.

She is no longer the beautiful woman she was. she sends photos of herself sitting upon a rock by the ocean alone and damned. I could have had her once. I wonder if she thinks I could have saved her?

Oh, please don’t you rock my boat, ’cause I don’t want my boat to be rocking

When I am finishing a picture, I hold some God-made object up to it – a rock, a flower, the branch of a tree or my hand – as a final test. If the painting stands up beside a thing man cannot make, the painting is authentic. If there’s a clash between the two, it’s bad art.

Soft rock music isn’t rock, and it ain’t music. It’s just soft.

Any other foundation will fail, but Christ is a sure and steady rock to build your life on.