Contribution Quote by Bonnie Raitt

Without the Fender bass, there'd be no rock n' roll or no Motown. The electric guitar had been waiting 'round since 1939 for a…

— Quincy Jones

Without people like Dylan and the Beatles and people like Paul Simon, I think rock n' roll would have died out like Dixieland jazz.

— Robert Hilburn

Rock 'n' roll will never die. There'll always be some arrogant little brat who wants to make music with a guitar.

— Dave Edmunds

We've given up the idea that a guitar must always and everywhere be readily available just because we're a band.

— Bill Kaulitz

What would rock and roll be without ambition, craziness, danger, and fun?

— Pete Wentz

For guitar players especially, blues is the foundation of rock and roll. You take country music and rock and roll and jazz and you…

— Steve Miller

Every guitar has a personality.

— Jol Dantzig

A band ought to have a sound all of its own. It ought to have a personality.

— Glenn Miller

I really am a firm believer that if you're going to do something musically, you really need to know what that music would have…

— John Debney

It would be great to do a rock opera, but using more low-fi technology. I love shitty-sounding records.

— Billie Joe Armstrong

Pure, white rock 'n' roll, with no blues influence.

— Johnny Ramone

I think of rock 'n' roll as a combination of country blues and swing band music, not Chicago blues, and modern pop.

— Bob Dylan