Rust Quotes

(when asked if punk rock influenced his 1979 album "Rust Never Sleeps) No, I wasn`t really influenced by that scene. Most of the songs on that album had been written well before The Sex Pistols were ever heard of. "The Thrasher" was pretty much me writing about my experiences with Crosby Stills & Nash in the mid-`70s. Do you know Lynyrd Skynyrd almost ended up recording "Powderfinger" before my version came out? We sent them an early demo of it because they wanted to do one of my songs.

I certainly got a lot of work. I`m starting to get some of the rust out, and I`m getting confident.

The image that Milwaukee has as a `Laverne & Shirley` town, as a Rust Belt city, is still a predominant issue.

A sword, a spade, and a thought should never be allowed to rust.

Guilt upon the conscience, like rust upon iron, both defiles and consumes it, gnawing and creeping into it, as that does which at last eats out the very heart and substance of the metal.

It is better to rust out than wear out.

Idleness is to the human mind like rust to iron.

It has been two years since I`ve raced and I`ll have to knock the rust off,

In another week all the rust should be off, ... I felt it a little bit, but you`re always going to feel a little bit by coming in like that at the end.

Gold does not rust on the ground, and rocks don`t get soaked in the rain.