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Rock and roll's relatively new, in the sense of the Fifties, Sixties, right? They invented the first sort of rock stars, and they took it to excess, and then the excess became bitter, tormented. Then it became okay to succeed.

— Albert Hammond, Jr.

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

In the beginning of rock n' roll, there was always innovation. Artists were always trying to do something new and something different.

— Phil Everly

Obviously the people that I admired, like the Beatles, were really into rock'n'roll, but it was already a little past rock'n'roll when I started listening and making my own choices about music.

— Elvis Costello

I think a lot of people came into rock n' roll to try to change the world. I came into rock n' roll to make music.

— Steve Winwood

It was always my belief that rock and roll belonged in the hands of the people, not rock stars.

— Patti Smith

When I talk about rock n' roll, to me, that goes back to the beginning of the 1950s. Blue suede shoes and sideburns, man. Pink and black coloured clothes. Turn your collar up, comb your hair in ducktails. And the music was cool. It was a whole culture then - a different world.

— Bobby Keys

The music became secondary to being rock stars.

— Butch Trucks

The spirit of rock 'n' roll is alive and well. It kind of just needs to be cultivated a little bit.

— Kid Rock

We had a really vast music collection and I was raised around rock'n'roll, it's just the way it was.

— Slash

Rock became an incredible commercial success, people just became bored with serious music, and it was forgotten.

— Henry Flynt

✗Opposing Perspectives

I was born at the beginning of rock and roll. I got to experience the entire evolution of popular rock and roll music even before it started.

— John Oates