Early Quote by Ezra Furman

We were the first generation of rock & roll, but life goes on.

— Ian Gillan

When we came along in 1982, music was getting boring - like 1976 when punk hadn't happened. We wanted to be rock 'n' roll.…

— Shaun Ryder

Back to basics Rock & Roll capturing the beauty and simplicity of punk

— Gary Crowley

We had a really vast music collection and I was raised around rock'n'roll, it's just the way it was.

— Slash

We based the look on rock 'n roll right from the beginning.

— Vivienne Westwood

The '60s was a magical time in the music business. So much creativity and talent. I think a lot of it came from the…

— Frankie Valli

We came along at a time when people were really focused on music. We were part of the second generation of bands after all…

— Dennis DeYoung

I wanted to emulate music from America - young punks playing rock n' roll is what it was. I read part of Keith Richards'…

— Jimmy Page

Punk rock really came out of N.Y. as a philosophy before the groups were ever recorded. I had a kind-of intellectual interest in the…

— Greg Ginn

I think a lot of people came into rock n' roll to try to change the world. I came into rock n' roll to…

— Steve Winwood

We started off as a garage band who played a lot of rock 'n' roll.

— Steve Porcaro

When I talk about rock n' roll, to me, that goes back to the beginning of the 1950s. Blue suede shoes and sideburns, man.…

— Bobby Keys