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

And I don't get down on nobody else for doing whatever else they do. To each his own.

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

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

I look back on my life, comin' out of Macon, Georgia - I never thought I'd be a superstar, a living legend. I never heard of no rock and roll in my life.

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

I also think that what's wrong with all of us is that we don't show enough love toward each other.