Over 100 US radio stations banned The Beatles new single ‘The Ballad Of John And Yoko’ due to the line ‘Christ, you know it ain’t easy’, calling it offensive.

I don’t know anything about music. In my line, you don’t have to. Elvis Presley

American singer-songwriter Minnie Riperton died of cancer at age 31. She worked at Chess records singing backup for various artists such as Etta James, Fontella Bass, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters. She also sang lead for the experimental rock/soul group Rotary Connection, from 1967 to 1971. Also a member of Wonderlove in 1973,…

You have the sun, you have the moon, you have the air that you breathe – and you have the Rolling Stones! Keith Richards

Alman Cohen, known professionally as Alma Cogan was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Dreamboat’ was an English singer of traditional pop music in the 1950s and early 1960s. Dubbed the “Girl with the Giggle in Her Voice”, she was the highest-paid British female entertainer of her era. Cogan went on to score…

I think if you were to really peek under the hood of what got Aerosmith back again for our second life in the Eighties, you’ll find out that it’s exactly this, it’s the willingness to take a risk. Steven Tyler

The drum skin used on the cover of The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper album sold for £541,250 ($1m) at Christie’s Memorabilia auction in London. Other items sold included John Lennon’s lyrics for ‘Give Peace a Chance’ which sold for £421,250 ($832,257) and a pair of tinted prescription sunglasses belonging to Lennon, which he wore for the cover…

I think performers are all show-offs anyway, especially musicians. Unless you show off, you’re not going to get noticed. Elton John

Johnny Cash signed with Columbia Records, where he would remain for the next 30 years releasing over 60 albums. He was one of country music’s biggest stars of the ’50s and ’60s, in total writing over 1,000 songs and scoring well over 100 hit singles.

We don’t tell you what to think or believe in. That’s not our job. We’re rock musicians. Our job is to rock. Sonny Sandoval