When I was young, I didn't play like I do today. So these kids are starting at the height that I've reached. Think what they might do over time.

Water from the white fountain didn't taste any better than from the black fountain.

Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there!

Elvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn't do more.

I don't do much recording anymore, but before I really stopped, I was glad to get five, five cent a record. That's why when I see people today and they complain about what they get, and I picked cotton for $2.50 a day.

A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.

I remember Elvis as a young man hanging around the Sun Studios. Even then, I knew this kid had a tremendous talent. He was a dynamic young boy. His phraseology, his way of looking at a song, was as unique as Sinatra's. I was a tremendous fan, and had Elvis lived, there would have been no end to his inventiveness.