That's the sound we developed, and that's how we played. It took us a while, but we found it.

Rock 'n' roll is meant to entertain. Hippie folk singers are supposed to be singing about leftist views, but I don't think rock 'n' roll was ever that way. I don't remember the early rock 'n' rollers ever expressing any political views.

The only band that I can see that made changes over the years with success was The Beatles. They were able to change album to album and still be just as good or better. I didn't feel that we were able to do that. The Beatles were in a class by themselves.

Your life is what you remember. I mean, some things I wish I still had. But it doesn't matter.

Two of my biggest heroes were my father and John Wayne.

If a man can tell if he's been successful in his life by having great friends, then I have been very successful.

I never liked blues music, and I really didn't like jazz. I liked Chuck Berry.