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

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.

I think God made a woman to be strong and not to be trampled under the feet of men. I've always felt this way because my mother was a very strong woman, without a husband.

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

Greed has taken the whole universe, and nobody is worried about their soul.

I invented rock & roll. Jimi Hendrix was my guitar player. James Brown was my vocalist.

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.