Editing Lonnie Donegan (section)

=== Quotations ===
*"I'm trying to sing acceptable folk music. I want to widen the audience beyond the artsy-craftsy crowd and the pseudo intellectuals–but without distorting the music itself." ''[[NME]]'' – June 1956<ref name="NME Rock 'N' Roll Years">{{cite book |first=John |last=Tobler |year=1992 |title=NME Rock 'n' Roll Years |publisher=Reed International Books |location=London |page=27 |id=CN 5585}}</ref>
*"In Britain, we were separated from our folk music tradition centuries ago and were imbued with the idea that music was for the upper classes. You had to be very clever to play music. When I came along with the old three chords, people began to think that if I could do it, so could they. It was the reintroduction of the folk music bridge which did that." – Interview, 2002.<ref name="la times">{{cite web|last=Lewis|first=Randy|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-nov-05-me-donegan5-story.html|title=Lonnie Donegan, 71; His Music Influenced 1960s Rock Bands|website=Los Angeles Times|date=5 November 2002|access-date=27 October 2021}}</ref>
*"He was the first person we had heard of from Britain to get to the coveted No. 1 in the charts, and we studied his records avidly. We all bought guitars to be in a skiffle group. He was the man." – [[Paul McCartney]]<ref name="la times"/>
*"He really was at the very cornerstone of English blues and rock." – [[Brian May]].<ref name=obit />
*"I wanted to be [[Elvis Presley]] when I grew up, I knew that. But the man who really made me feel like I could actually go out and do it was a chap by the name of Lonnie Donegan." – [[Roger Daltrey]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.beachamjournal.com/journal/2021/04/lonnie-donegan-was-born-90-years-ago-today.html|date=29 April 2021|title=Lonnie Donegan was born 90 years ago today|website=Frank Beacham's Journal|access-date=27 October 2021|archive-date=27 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027201202/https://www.beachamjournal.com/journal/2021/04/lonnie-donegan-was-born-90-years-ago-today.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*"Remember, Lonnie Donegan started it for you." – [[Jack White (musician)|Jack White's]] acceptance speech at the [[Brit Awards]].<ref name="John Peel autobio">{{cite book |first=John |last=Peel |author-link=John Peel |year=2005 |title=Margrave of the Marshes |url=https://archive.org/details/margraveofmarshe0000peel |url-access=registration |publisher=Bantam Press |location=London |page=[https://archive.org/details/margraveofmarshe0000peel/page/47 47] |isbn=0-593-05252-8}}</ref>
* "You know in my little span of life I've come across such a sea of bigotries and prejudices. I get so fed up with it now. I feel I have to do something about it." - [[Panorama_(British_TV_programme)|BBC Panorama]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ljI2PMUfwY|date=13 April 1959|title='We have to set the ultimate future of our nation.'|website=[[YouTube]] }}</ref>