Waylon Jennings Quotes

I am one of the biggest Laura Nyro fans. I still listen to that stuff incessantly. Laura Nyro does not belong in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Songwriter Hall of Fame? Absolutely.

So I wouldn't see Wings as a band that would go into the Hall of Fame, to be honest.

I don't think there should be a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, period.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is not a public democratic organization; it's a private club basically. It's like a private golf club and they decide who they're going to let in the club.

I've been urged by people forever to try and start a real Rock Hall of Fame. I've had some very, very preliminary discussions about doing it. Obviously, I can't do it myself, but there are a lot of people interested in that.

I don't care what anybody says about Ringo. I cut my rock-n-roll teeth listening to him.

Prince presented us at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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

Tina Turner gave me the highway blues.

In 1952, Muddy cut the song 'Rollin' Stone.' It was a nationwide success, and the song echoes down through rock n' roll history. Bob Dylan cut a tribute by the same name, an English band decided to call themselves the Rolling Stones, and the magazine that first embraced music as a serious cultural phenomenon was itself called 'Rolling Stone.'

I think my legacy should be that when I started in show business, there wasn't no such thing as rock n' roll. When I started with 'Tutti Frutti,' that's when rock really started rocking.

I never thought a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland or anywhere else was a good idea.

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

To us, there was Bob Dylan, and there was dad. As for what he meant to other people, that was never glorified in our house. There were no accolades there, no gold records.

As far as Deep Purple goes, I mean, they're iconic. Their contribution is unquantifiable, and as far as the politics involved in things like awards, you know, I don't think anything, because I know what they mean to me, and I know what they mean to the people who like them. Awards are very politically based.

It's a weird thing to have a Hall of Fame for rock. It's weird that I spent years worshiping the Cure, and here's the Chili Peppers, and then one gets in one doesn't. It's ridiculous. In my heart of hearts, it means nothing to me, but I do understand it means a lot to other people. It creates positivity.

I would say, from an all-around point of view, Bruce Springsteen is one of the two great poet lords of America, Bob Dylan, coming out of the music world, the two of them.

I was privileged to know the late, great Miss Etta James, and I did get a chance to spend some time with her and hang out with her.

No, I don't think rock 'n' roll will ever fade.

I have always maintained that Iggy Pop is the Heavyweight Champion of Rock & Roll.

If there were 3,000 people in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the musical education would be so much better than this little elite thing.

Is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame that important to me? No. Is it something I've aspired towards? No.

There are a handful of music docs I'd love to do, including David Bowie.

From the time I was 12 until I was 21, Chuck Berry was my favorite artist.

Tonight, it's the rock and roll all night and party every day hall of fame.