Alabama Quote by John Oates

Alabama is somebody that I have always loved, but I think what is so cool about them - it's amazing, actually - is that…

— Jamie Lynn Spears

By growing up in Alabama, I had a melting pot of the whole pie: R&B, gospel, country.

— Lionel Richie

I loved the Rolling Stones. I heard a little bit of country music creeping around the edges of some of their songs. Being a…

— Marty Stuart

We just dig Southern rock 'n' roll. It hasn't been represented well at all. So, we want to see the people in the South…

— Ronnie Van Zant

I was always drawn to gospel music and the roots of African-American music. It's the foundation of rock and roll.

— Hozier

It turns out that there's a huge community of African-American musicians whose main influence is Throbbing Gristle.

— Genesis P-Orridge

With the R&B, gospel feel that 'Sparkle' has, that opens the door for my fans to be more accepting of that sound and also…

— Jordin Sparks

Oh man, I love what the South brings as far as the soul, and I really have noticed from even the early days of…

— Common

Rock n' roll is at a standstill, I think - and comedy is taking its place as something exciting.

— John Belushi

I've always loved gospel music. Being raised in Mississippi, it was kind of part of the atmosphere down there.

— Marty Stuart

There is nothing conceptually better than rock 'n' roll. No group, be it Beatles, Dylan or Stones, have ever improved on Whole Lot of…

— John Lennon

Music has been taken over in this country by personalities and dominated by rock 'n' roll. There's been a synthesizer invasion and it's not…

— Henry Mancini