When you sit down and think about what rock 'n' roll music really is, then you have to change that question. Played up-tempo, you call it rock 'n' roll; at a regular tempo, you call it rhythm and blues.
Little RichardLike, my mother would have company over, and I would sing so they'd pay attention to me.
Little RichardI am the innovator. I am the originator. I am the emancipator. I am the architect of rock 'n' roll!
Little Richard