Band Quote by 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

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

— Bob Dylan

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

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

— Johnny Winter

When you sit down and think about what rock 'n' roll music really is, then you have to change that question. Played up-tempo, you…

— Little Richard

Rock & roll seemed to just come to us, on the radio and in the record stores. It became our music. . . But…

— Martin Scorsese

Rock'n'roll is nothing but Boogie Woogie with stuff on top of it. And if you're black, they name it rhythm'n'blues, and if you're white,…

— Ike Turner

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

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

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

The way I see it, rock n' roll is folk music.

— Robert Plant