A lot of people seem to think I started this business. But rock 'n' roll was here a long time before I came along. Nobody can sing that kind of music like colored people. Let's face it: I can't sing like Fats Domino can. I know that.

Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine. Ain't nowhere else in the world where you can go from driving a truck to cadillac overnight

Number 47 said to number 3, you're the cutest jailbird I ever did see.

Little sister, don't you do what your big sister done.

When your intelligence don't tell you something ain't right, your conscience gives you a tap you on the shoulder and says 'Hold on'. If it don't, you're a snake.

I did the Ed Sullivan show four times. I did the Steve Allen show. I did the Jackie Gleason show.

The walls have ears, better think before you throw that shoe.