Rock and Roll Pioneer Quotes

If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'.

Presley brought an excitement to singing, in part because rock and roll was greeted as his invention, but for other reasons not so widely reflected on: Elvis Presley had the most beautiful singing voice of any human being on earth.

If there were no Carl Perkins, there would be no Beatles.

Jesse Stone did more to develop the basic rock-and-roll sound than anybody else.

Elvis is the king of rock and roll, who made white kids shake their shackle.

Chuck Berry invented rock 'n' roll. He was one of the best songwriters of the 20th century.

Elvis Presley was the big bang. He was the most influential single figure in the history of American pop culture. He changed the way we looked, thought, dressed, held a guitar. He didn't invent rock & roll, but he defined it in a way that everyone who followed him owes him a debt.

Link Wray... He was the beginning of Grunge, way before anybody you know.

Buddy Holly had something very different from the other great early rock n' roll stars, whether it was Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Bo Diddley. He came across as so ordinary, as such a nerd. You know, he was a big guy, and he carried a gun. He was anything but a nerd.