Don't send me no letter, cause I can't read.

A lot of fellows nowadays have a B.A., M.D., or Ph.D. Unfortunately, they don't have a J.O.B.

Everybody started calling my music rock and roll, but it wasn't anything but the same rhythm and blues I'd been playing down in New Orleans.

I traveled all over for about 50 years, I love a lot of places and I've been a lot of places, but I just don't care to leave home.

Well, I wouldn't want to say that I started it (rock 'n' roll), but I don't remember anyone else before me playing that kind of stuff.

Don't send me no letter, cause I can't read.

Clean living keeps me in shape. Righteous thoughts are my secret. And New Orleans home cooking.