He never ever learned to read or write so well, but he could play his guitar like he was ringing a bell.

It used to be called boogie-woogie, it used to be called blues, used to be called rhythm and blues...It's called rock now.

All in all it was my intention to hold both the black and the white clientele by voicing the different kinds of songs in their customary tongues.

I'm a millionaire, but I cut the grass. And each time I cut it, it's my grass. And that is satisfying.

Up come a flat top, he was movin' up with me.

If the people in the audience are talking, you're being ignored. If the people are gazing at you, you've got something they want to hear.

All I want for Christmas is a rock n roll electric guitar.