But I'm a rock 'n' roll singer; that's my livelihood, my occupation.

I never accepted the idea that I had to be guided by some pattern or blueprint.

But when I went on the stage to do a show, I would put on makeup because I felt that it enhanced my act; it drew attention to what I was doing.

I think they saw me as something like a deliverer, a way out. My means of expression, my music, was a way in which a lot of people wished they could express themselves and couldn't.

Rock 'n' roll doesn't glorify God. You can't drink out of God's cup and the devil's cup at the same time. I was one of the pioneers of that music, one of the builders. I know what the blocks are made of because I built them.

I thank God for making me a man.

I don't give the devil credit for creating nothing.