I am the architect of rock n' roll. I have to be a fan of all its forms.

I just want the world to know that God is present, that he's alive for ever more.

That's what Tina Turner did, too - sang blues up-tempo - and they called it rock 'n' roll.

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

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

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

No, I've never truly been a minister.