Business Quote by Ann Powers

Elvis Presley was rock 'n' roll, I thought that was pretty mediocre. But since that time, the succeeding steps in music has been down,…

— Frank Sinatra Jr

Elvis was rock'n'roll. He came from the poverty and the pain.

— Link Wray

I don't think there's any such thing as rock n' roll anymore - it's an amalgamation of business interests.

— John Lydon

Elvis was a giant and influenced everyone in the business.

— Isaac Hayes

When people say Jerry Lee Lewis invented rock n' roll, they forget Little Richard. People talk about Elvis Presley and forget he was singing…

— Ato Essandoh

“When making his music, he [Elvis Presley] had been the essence of cool, but in his movies he was often a self-parody embarrassing to…

— Dean Koontz

There would be no Rock and Roll without Ike Turner, James Brown, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Allen Toussaint, etc. Fake ghetto books and fake…

— Ishmael Reed

Rock 'n' roll started to make so much money and generated so much income for the record companies that suddenly it was no longer…

— John Landis

“Though many strive to hide their human libidinousness from themselves and each other, being a force of nature, it breaks through. Lots of uptight,…

— Christopher Ryan

Elvis might have compromised his musical style a bit towards the end, but that doesn't mean that artists from the rock n' roll/folk-roots culture…

— Bonnie Raitt

I only know two cats in this business that really had it all; Elvis was one of those guys, the other was Ricky Nelson.…

— Carl Perkins

I have a respect for Elvis and my friendship. It ain't my business what he did in private. The only thing I want to…

— Sammy Davis, Jr