Music Hall of Fame Quotes

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

Hank Williams' music - it just doesn't go away, for some reason.

Most of the people who are given these Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame things sell millions of records, so it's kind of like a trophy for them. But for the Ramones, it really was a symbolic gesture of, 'Yes, you guys are special and are important to rock n' roll.' So in that sense, the Roll Hall of Fame served its purpose.

Carole King is one of my all-time favorite songwriters.

Eddie Marlin was a big deal for a long time to a lot of people.

Working with Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson takes you up another level.

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

I'm very grateful for the other bands and artists that stood up for us with a view to our induction - that's nice of them. But I wish that the Hall Of Fame had had the discretion to ask us first. It's now become a debate in which we are too late to have the final word.

That whole Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame thing - at least half the people in there don't have a place in any kind of hall of fame anywhere, in my opinion.

Tony Bennett is an iconic jazz legend.

Chet Atkins... is probably the best guitar player who ever lived.

Mariah and Whitney Houston were my goddesses growing up.

You stop anybody on any street, around the world, and they know who Eric Clapton is. They don't know who I am!

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.

Now, I don't know how they judge all that, but if anybody in the world deserves to be in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, Ritchie Valens does.

Shout out to Sting: that's the G.O.A.T. right there. The goat. Greatest of all time.

Diana Ross... she's the bomb.

Everybody likes Johnny Cash. I think the sad part of it is his health is givin' him problems.

Who's more important than Diana Ross?

Every band wants to be have a song that is that big, that will pretty much live on forever. I don't know too many new bands that will have a 'Free Bird' that will be around 30 years later. It's become a national anthem of sorts.

I got to say 'Hi' to Dolly Parton, which my mom thought was kind of cool.

You booked him, and you didn't worry about crowds. For drawing power in the South, it was Roy Acuff, then God.

To me, the term 'best of' is quite embarrassing, I think of Madonna and Bruce Springsteen and all these amazing artists. I don't really see myself in that kind of gang, unfortunately.

I try to be respectful about getting an honor or recognition, but I don't really know what the Rock Hall actually is. In my experience with the people who run it, I don't see it having to do with anything other than them making money.

It feels so good to be amongst some of the biggest legends in music - it feels quite surreal.