Berries Quote by Ishmael Reed

Elvis might have compromised his musical style a bit towards the end, but that doesn't mean that artists from the rock n' roll/folk-roots culture…

— Bonnie Raitt

Elvis Presley was rock 'n' roll, I thought that was pretty mediocre. But since that time, the succeeding steps in music has been down,…

— Frank Sinatra Jr

James Brown, he won't let you down. Now Elvis was the king of rock and roll.

— Queen (band

Elvis was rock'n'roll. He came from the poverty and the pain.

— Link Wray

Elvis may have fueled rock & roll's imagery, but Chuck Berry was its heartbeat and original mindset.

— Cub Koda

To some extent, the idea that rock 'n roll used to have this sort of free antediluvian identity, frolicking in the 1950s with Elvis…

— Ann Powers

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

I don't think there is a musician today that hasn't been affected by Elvis' music. His definitive years - 1954-57 - can only be…

— Brian Setzer

What I like about Elvis is the same thing I like about James Brown, Michael Jackson, Prince. These guys, back in the day, there…

— Bruno Mars

What I like about Elvis is the same thing I like about James Brown, Michael Jackson, Prince. These guys, back in the day, there…

— Bruno Mars

Nothing but blues and Elvis.

— Steely Dan

Every performer who ever performed in rock and roll or even close to it is lying if they tell you that they weren't influenced…

— Mac Davis