Man, I was tame compared to what they do now.

I'll never feel comfortable taking a strong drink, and I'll never feel easy smoking a cigarette. I just don't think those things are right for me.

I don't think I'm bad for people. If I did think I was bad for people, I would go back to driving a truck, and I really mean this.

The colored folks been singing it and playing it just like I'm doin' now, man, for more years than I know. I got it from them.

Rock and roll music, if you like it, if you feel it, you can't help but move to it. That's what happens to me. I can't help it.'

Take your troubles to the Chapel, get down on your knees and pray. Your burdens will be lighter, and you'll surely find the way.

I was training to be an electrician. I suppose I got wired the wrong way round somewhere along the line.