Any Quote by Paul Weller

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

Music had been going on a long time before that. You have to remember that before rock n' roll there were a bunch of…

— Lemmy Kilmister

Chuck Berry told me if it wasn't for Louis Jordan, he wouldn't have probably ever even got into music. That Louis Jordan changed everything…

— Robbie Robertson

Nobody wanted to be in business with Death Row because, unfortunately, they felt there was an element there that could be dangerous. But I…

— Jimmy Iovine

Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis had enormous talent, and Elvis was the major contributor to an entirely new genre of music. Sometimes their exploits…

— Bob Beckel

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

There have been many great musicians that, Clifford Brown is one great example, I mean he died very early, 25.

— Sonny Rollins

People don't understand real musicians anymore. Jack White is great - he's the real thing - but he isn't having hits.

— Prince

Miles Davis turned his back to the audience when he came out on stage, and he offended people. But, he wasn't there to entertain;…

— Bobby McFerrin

That was the greatest trick in music that people ever pulled off, to convince artists that you can't be an artist and make money.…

— Jay-Z

When Van Halen started out, there was no path to fame. We just played what we liked. Even today it always comes down to…

— Eddie Van Halen

When we learned to play in bands, what we were covering was equal part the Velvet Underground and the Grateful Dead. That would defy…

— Bryce Dessner