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

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

I saw Uncle John with Long Tall Sally, he saw Aunt Mary coming and he ducked back in the alley.

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

If at first you don't succeed, you get back up and you try ... and you try ... and you try it again ... except ice skating, I hate this crap, I quit!

I was really kind of shy as a child. But I would do things for attention.