My father and mother split and I never saw my father until I was 20, nor did I see much more of my mother.

If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect you can call me that... I believe in what I do, and I'll say it.

Music is everybody's possession.

You're born in pain and pain is what we're in most of the time. And I think that the bigger the pain, the more gods we need.

It came in a vision - a man appeared on a flaming pie and said unto them, 'From this day forward you are Beatles with an A.' Thank you Mister Man, they said, thanking him.

My father and mother split and I never saw my father until I was 20, nor did I see much more of my mother.

If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'.