The great thing about rock and roll is that someone like me can be a star.

If you're stuck at piano and you're not a lead guitarist or a lead vocalist, you're kind of at a nine-foot plank then and you should do something about it.

Until I can visualise what the lyrics are about and see the story or whatever, I can't hear the melody.

I have no one to leave the money to. I'm a single man. I like spending my money.

It was Scotty Moore's guitar riff [in "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You"] when he was doing The Steve Allen Show that got me into rock music.

Live for each second without hesitation

There's a lot of hate in the world.