I write my own songs, and I only see their flaws.

I don't think I've had a more miserable life than a lot of people. I think I've had a pretty lucky life.

I think everybody in my generation, we wanted to be Elvis.

The '50s was a pretty wonderful time for people, it was hopeful.

Any time you talk about your own stuff you sound self-aggrandising.

I did all my guitar playing at my house. And then finally, I was throwing hay and stuff working in Stockton and somebody offered - somehow they had heard me singing at the house and said: Hey, I'll hire you for our fraternity party or sorority party. And I said: Well, are they going to pay me? And he said: Yeah, we'll pay you 50 bucks.

If you listen to old Jerry Lee Lewis records, he'll always - about nine times out of 10 have the lyrics different than the original record is.