“He could very well be the Duke Ellington of Rock 'n' Roll.”
In [A Change is Gonna Come: Music, Race & the Soul of America, Craig Hansen, Werner, University of Michigan Press, 2006, 9780472031474, 53] as: he can be the Duke Ellington of our times.
And in [Miles on Miles: Interviews and Encounters with Miles Davis, Musicians in Their Own Words Series, Paul Maher, Michael K. Dorr, Chicago Review Press, 2009, 9781556527067, 262] as: Do you know who Prince kinda reminds me of, particularly as a piano player? Duke! Yeah, he's the Duke Ellington of the eighties to my way of thinking.
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“Rock n roll stops the traffic”
Message spray-painted onto the Vaillancourt fountain during a free concert in San Francisco (11 November 1987)

Attributed without citation at John Cale - Quotes, xs4all.nl, 16 November 2012 http://werksman.home.xs4all.nl/cale/quotes/index.html,

“Sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll is easy. True christianity…that's rebellion.”

“It's quite spiky, quite dramatic, theatrical rock 'n' roll really.”
When asked: What's your sound like? http://www.popworld.com/pages/noisettes_interview

Sourced quotes, Interview with Romain Gavras for Interview (2010)

“Classical musicians go to the conservatories, rock´n roll musicians go to the garages.”
Interview at Swedish Radio, programme Nightflite (circus 1980) http://home.swipnet.se/bengt-jonsson/zappaint.htm#Bobby