I've tried to lead a straight, clean life, not set any kind of a bad example.

Don't tell me baby you gotta go, I got the hifi high and the lights down low.

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.

My philosophy of life is simple: I need someone to love, something to wait and do something.

I'll never make it, it will never happen, because they're never going to hear me 'cause they're screaming all the time.

I was an only child, and Mother was always right with me all my life. I used to get very angry at her when I was growing up-it's a natural thing.

When I get married, it'll be no secret.