It was a way out of poverty. It was a way to success. It was a way to education. And it was a way to a brighter day for me.

But men are so full of greed today, they'll sell anything for a little piece of money.

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

My true belief about Rock 'n' Roll--and there have been a lot of phrases attributed to me over the years--is this: I believe this kind of music is demonic. ... A lot of the beats in music today are taken from voodoo, from the voodoo drums. If you study music in rhythms, like I have, you'll see that is true. I believe that kind of music is driving people from Christ. It is contagious

I think they saw me as something like a deliverer, a way out. My means of expression, my music, was a way in which a lot of people wished they could express themselves and couldn't.

God is omnipotent, He is omniscient, and He is ever present.

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