“Rock ’n roll is really swing with a modern name. It began on the levees and plantations, took in folk songs, and features blues and rhythm. It’s the rhythm that gets to the kids – they’re starved of music they can dance to, after all those years of crooners.”
“Anyone who says rock ‘n’ roll is a passing fad or a flash-in-the-pan trend along the music road has rocks in the head.”
“Let’s face it. Rock and Roll is bigger than all of us”
“You can stop me, but you’re never gonna stop rock & roll!”
“Hey, look. If they took it all away tomorrow, we’d be even. No we wouldn’t. We’d be way ahead. “