Bill Haley Quotations

I sat down one night and wrote the line rock, rock, rock everybody. I was going to use the word "stomp" -- like rock, rock, rock and them stomp, stomp, stomp. But that didn't fit. I went from one word to another and finally came up with "roll.

We're looking forward to the biggest and best season opening parade in history.

We're gonna rock around the clock.

The road can be hard on a kid if he's not careful.

The music is the main thing and it's just as easy to write acceptable words.

I sat down one night and wrote the line rock, rock, rock everybody.

When the clock strikes 2, 3, and 4, if the band slows down we'll yell for more.

See you later, alligator. After a while, crocodile.

Rock 'n' roll is just entertainment, and the kids who like to identify their youthful high spirits with a solid beat are thus possibly avoiding other pursuits that could be harmful to them.

We take a lot of care with lyrics because we don't want to offend anybody.