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

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

But I'm a rock 'n' roll singer; that's my livelihood, my occupation.

I would wear flamboyant clothes and long hair, and most singers at the time didn't.

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

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

I never heard nobody in my audience call me any kind of names.