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

I am the innovator. I am the originator. I am the emancipator. I am the architect of rock 'n' roll!

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 saw Uncle John with Long Tall Sally, he saw Aunt Mary coming and he ducked back in the alley.

If at first you don't succeed, you get back up and you try ... and you try ... and you try it again ... except ice skating, I hate this crap, I quit!

When you sit down and think about what rock 'n' roll music really is, then you have to change that question. Played up-tempo, you call it rock 'n' roll; at a regular tempo, you call it rhythm and blues.

Elvis may be the King of Rock and Roll, but I am the Queen.