It's going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music.

I don’t like to feel that I owe anything. I like to feel that I pay my own way, no free lunch.

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.

When I do eventually drop, I pray to God that it will happen in one of three ways. Firstly, on stage or leaving the stage, then secondly in my sleep. And the third way? You'll have to figure that out for yourself!

You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.

I call myself a blues singer, but you ain't never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.

Religion began as a natural explanation of the universe. The problem started when people refused to accept new evidence.