Labels need to work with artists to help them achieve their best work, not to jam records out that are half-baked or three-quarters baked.

Elvis Presley was the big bang. He was the most influential single figure in the history of American pop culture. He changed the way we looked, thought, dressed, held a guitar. He didn't invent rock & roll, but he defined it in a way that everyone who followed him owes him a debt.

Bob Dylan enabled rock & roll to grow up and survive. He injected the power of language and ideas into the music.

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