Rock n roll Quote by Little Richard

The blues had a baby and they called it rock and roll.

— Muddy Waters

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

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

Rock'n'roll is nothing but Boogie Woogie with stuff on top of it. And if you're black, they name it rhythm'n'blues, and if you're white,…

— Ike Turner

Rock n Roll is music from the neck down.

— Keith Richards

It used to be called boogie-woogie, it used to be called blues, used to be called rhythm and blues...It's called rock now.

— Chuck Berry

I think of rock 'n' roll as a combination of country blues and swing band music, not Chicago blues, and modern pop.

— Bob Dylan

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 couldn't do "What's Love Got To Do With It", Tina Turner because it wasn't the right tempo; so I scratched it from the…

— Miles Davis

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

Biggest lesson I've ever had in life is that blues had a baby and they named it rock 'n' roll.

— Sinead O'Connor

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

— Johnny Winter