I think they saw me as something like a deliverer, a way out. My means of expression, my music, was a way in which a lot of people wished they could express themselves and couldn't.

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

I've never seen the devil create music.

Now they have banging guitar and no bass and call it rock, but that's not what I call rock.

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

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

And I'd like to give my love to everybody, and let them know that the grass may look greener on the other side, but believe me, it's just as hard to cut.