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

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

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

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

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

My true belief about Rock 'n' Roll--and there have been a lot of phrases attributed to me over the years--is this: I believe this kind of music is demonic. ... A lot of the beats in music today are taken from voodoo, from the voodoo drums. If you study music in rhythms, like I have, you'll see that is true. I believe that kind of music is driving people from Christ. It is contagious

I was directed and commanded by another power. The power of darkness. The power that you've heard so much about. The power that a lot of people don't believe exists. The power of the Devil. Satan.