America Quote by Baz Luhrmann

I think we as a band, as individuals, understand that all popular music stems from blues and jazz and even pop, but rock 'n'…

— David Johansen

I think we as a band, as individuals, understand that all popular music stems from blues and jazz and even pop, but rock 'n'…

— David Johansen

I mean, rock 'n' roll is based on the blues, whether people want to know that or not.

— Dusty Hill

Rock ’n roll is really swing with a modern name. It began on the levees and plantations, took in folk songs, and features blues…

— Alan Freed

“To be sure, rock n' roll is usually a flagrant commercialization of rhythm & blues, but the music in many cases depends on materials…

— Imamu Amiri Baraka/Leroi Jones

The blues are real important. It's where most of the hard rock n' roll came from.

— Izzy Stradlin

For us, it is all about breaking the boundaries between different genres of music and combining different styles of music and performing what we…

— Luka Sulic

I've always felt that blues, rock 'n' roll and country are just about a beat apart.

— Waylon Jennings

Rock 'n' Roll is just New Orleans rhythm and blues under a new name. It's got that Dixieland beat and that's what sells records.

— Fats Domino

Blues is a big part of rock and roll. The best rock and roll got its birth in the blues. You hear it in…

— Angus Young

Originally, what we call rock 'n' roll was nothing more than an attempt of very bad white performers to sound like black rhythm-and-blues performers.…

— Frank Sinatra Jr

I just like the blues better than rock 'n' roll

— Johnny Winter