I let people know that it was all right to do the kinds of things I did.

But I was singing loud, and most singers weren't singing loud.

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 invented rock & roll. Jimi Hendrix was my guitar player. James Brown was my vocalist.

I don't think a woman has to act like a man to show that she has strength.

They shoulda called me Little Cocaine, I was sniffing so much of the stuff! My nose got big enough to back a diesel truck in, unload it, and drive it right out again.

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