A lot of people want to put you in a slot. They want to categorize you. So I fought that because I liked all the different kinds of music. Anne Murray

Paul McCartney had both the No.1 positions on the US charts when ‘Red Rose Speedway’, went to the top of the album chart and ‘My Love’, started a four week run as the No.1 single..

When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace. Jimi Hendrix

I say if you’re going to take a chance on something, you just go full balls to the wall. Toby Keith

The BBC announced a ban on the new Sex Pistols single ‘God Save The Queen’ saying it’s, “in gross bad taste”. The IBA issued a warning to all radio stations saying the playing the single would be in breach of Section 4:1: A of the Broadcasting act. The single reached No.2 on the UK chart.

If you’re going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use both feet. Keith Richards

The Rolling Stones played the final night of a US tour at the New York Academy of Music. During the afternoon the band recorded six songs for the Clay Pole TV show.

Then, once I have lyrics, being able to shape them around a song is nothing new for me, I have been doing that for 25 years. The soul searching part of it, the spontaneous part of it, that was, and remains a really terrific process. Geddy Lee

Chubby Checker won a Grammy Award for Best Rock and Roll Recording for ‘Let’s Twist Again’ and Ray Charles won Best Rhythm & Blues Recording for ‘Hit The Road, Jack’.