John Robb > Quotes

“They said that we would be down and out on heroin. The success was a fuck you. There’s a lot of fuck you-ness about me – my basic fuck you-ness has survived.”
― John Robb, Do You Believe in the Power of Rock & Roll?: Forty Years of Music Writing from the Frontline

“Despite everything the gigs were great. They were massive shows. One of the last gigs we ever did was one of the best and was at the River Plate Stadium in Argentina,”
― John Robb, Live Forever: A rip-roaring biography of Britain’s biggest band

“We are a rock ’n’ roll band. We always were. We have heavy-metal hair so you can see why so many people put us in there with that. They’ve got no brains these people who categorise you. They are at these award ceremonies – here is an asshole who is taking your money on false pretences and he’s getting the award on the unanimous decision of all those cunts who never buy records and get into gigs free (laughs).”
― John Robb, Do You Believe in the Power of Rock & Roll?: Forty Years of Music Writing from the Frontline