Clarity Quote by Greil Marcus

My personal definition of rock'n'roll is people attempting to do something that's beyond their ability to do it well. And whatever the outward contradictions,…

— David First

Rock 'n' roll is just entertainment, and the kids who like to identify their youthful high spirits with a solid beat are thus possibly…

— Bill Haley

Anyone who says rock 'n' roll is a passing fad or a flash-in-the-pan trend along the music road has rocks in the head.

— Alan Freed

Rock 'n' roll is an attitude, it's not a musical form of a strict sort. It's a way of doing things, of approaching things.…

— Lester Bangs

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 don't really inject the rock 'n' roll thing, what I take from rock 'n' roll is probably the melodies and the musical behind…

— Cedric Gervais

Rock n' roll is about attitude and rebellion. It's supposed to be fun and spontaneous.

— Slash

Rock n' roll means so much more to people; it enriches the culture. Also, it inspires people; there's no half-feeling. When I first got…

— Mick Jones

Rock n' roll is the most disgusting form of expression, it's brutal, malefic, a pestilential aphrodisiac, the preferred music of the delinquents of the…

— Frank Sinatra

I love rock-n-roll. I think it's an exciting art form. It's revolutionary. Still revolutionary and it changed people. It changed their hearts. But yeah,…

— Nick Cave