“If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'.”
John Lennon
“If you can't answer a man's arguments, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names.”
Elbert Hubbard
“Elvis may have been the king of rock'n'roll, but I am the queen.”
Little Richard Penniman
“I'm dealing in rock'n'roll. I'm, like, I'm not a bona fide human being.”
Phil Spector
“[My friend Jann Wenner, the editor and publisher of Rolling Stone, the rock and roll bible, called me excitedly the day after Bill Clinton was nominated for the presidency. He had spent the previous night at a party, celebrating with Clinton.] He's one of us, ... He'll be the first rock and roll president in American history.”
Jann Wenner
“When I was 6 years old, I was in a rock band that was horrible called "Dead End." The name kind of described us. People liked us; we would go and perform at coffee houses and stuff.”
Aaron Carter
“Real rock 'n' roll should come from the underground, but China didn't have one. My song Nothing to My Name just appeared out of nowhere.”
Cui Jian