People called rock & roll 'African music.' They called it 'voodoo music.' They said that it would drive the kids insane. They said that it was just a flash in the pan - the same thing that they always used to say about hip-hop.

Like, my mother would have company over, and I would sing so they'd pay attention to me.

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

I thank God for making me a man.

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.

I did what I felt, and I felt what I did, at all costs.