Rock 'n' roll doesn't glorify God. You can't drink out of God's cup and the devil's cup at the same time. I was one of the pioneers of that music, one of the builders. I know what the blocks are made of because I built them.

I got fame and fortune, and I lost my sense of reasoning.

They shoulda called me Little Cocaine, I was sniffing so much of the stuff! My nose got big enough to back a diesel truck in, unload it, and drive it right out again.

It's hard to have a friend when your name's a household word.

To me, true rock 'n' roll has a lot of bottom in it.

I gave up rock 'n' roll for the rock of ages! I used to be a glaring homosexual until God changed me!

Rock 'n' roll offered me a platform to speak what I felt. It also offered me a platform to support my mama and my brothers and sisters - twelve children.