I only wore makeup when I went onstage.

I tried to look presentable for a show, but not for sexual attraction. It was strictly for show business.

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.

I don't think a woman has to act like a man to show that she has strength.

And I think a woman should find it a joy to be female because God made both male and female.

I thank God for making me a man.

I thank God for Elvis Presley. I thank the Lord for sending Elvis to open the door so I could walk down the road.