Glam Rock – Quotes

I was born in

I was born in ’71, so I remember bits of glam rock on ‘Top of the Pops’ toward the late ’70s, but I had no idea what kind of world it was. I didn’t like the music, either. Ewan McGregor

I always had a

I always had a repulsive sort of need to be something more than human. David Bowie

There’s a difference between ‘glamour’ and ‘glam rock’. Glam rock, to me, is a bunch of straight, hairy, football-liking lager lads dressed up in mother’s castoffs and glamour is a certain sophistication, a certain other-worldliness, a certain unattainableness, which I think we certainly calculate. We believe that a band should be slightly larger than life … Read more

My songwriting is so

My songwriting is so influenced by orchestrated music, dramatic, super glam rock-y stuff. Two of my biggest influences in songwriting were Elton John and Freddie Mercury. Brandi Carlile

David Bowie is kind

David Bowie is kind of the pioneer of glam rock. Not just for music, but just his overall, how he incorporates fashion and other arts into music. And he does a really amazing job about being fearless and that kind of stuff. BØRNS

The 1970s was probably

The 1970s was probably the most exciting decade to be a teenager, from discovering Little Richard at the end of the 1960s to glam rock to punk rock to electro music. So much happened in that 10-year span. There were so many musical revolutions. Some were happening at the same time. You had disco going … Read more