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The 2011 inductees reflect upon their careers, influences and varied journeys

March 11, 2011

By Sam Sutherland, Mark Brown, Melinda Newman, and Alan Light
Special to MSN Music

	ALICE COOPER "You go from being dangerous to loveable if you stick around long enough."
	NEIL DIAMOND "Rock 'n' roll has always been a lot of a circus to me, and I never hesitated to make the costumes reflect that."
	TOM WAITS "If people are a little nervous about approaching you at the market, it's good. I'm not Chuckles the Clown. Or Bozo."
	DARLENE LOVE "I'm at the place right now where I'm really surprised I'm still here doing what I'm doing."
	DR. JOHN "I thought that the people might enjoy hearing the root music from New Orleans, which was maybe the chief ingredient in what we know today as rock 'n' roll."
	JAC HOLZMAN "I thought Dylan doing 'Maggie's Farm' was just the best thing I had heard up until that time, not because it was that great a performance, because it wasn't, but the live performance and the booing that went on were both important to me. The live performance showed me where I wanted to go. ..."

Also: View the Hall of Fame Inductees Gallery

The 26th annual ceremony will take place on Monday, March 14, 2011, at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City.