Alan Freed quotes

Alan Freed quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Rock â€™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 â€“ they're starved of music they can dance to, after all those years of crooners.”
-- Alan Freed

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“Let's face it. Rock and Roll is bigger than all of us”
-- Alan Freed

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“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.”
-- Alan Freed

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“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.”
-- Alan Freed

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