Black Quote by Ike Turner

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

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

— Dusty Hill

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

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

Rock n Roll is music from the neck down.

— Keith Richards

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

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

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

— Robert Plant

“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

Back in my day, we called it rock 'n' roll, but then we always reminded listeners that it was no big deal if they…

— Robert Plant

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

— Johnny Winter