That's what Tina Turner did, too - sang blues up-tempo - and they called it rock 'n' roll.
Plus I love Tanya Tucker and I love country music.
I don't give the devil credit for creating nothing.
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.
I would wear flamboyant clothes and long hair, and most singers at the time didn't.
I also think that what's wrong with all of us is that we don't show enough love toward each other.