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

Now they have banging guitar and no bass and call it rock, but that's not what I call rock.

They shoulda called me Little Cocaine, I was sniffing so much of the stuff! My nose got big enough to back a diesel truck in, unload it, and drive it right out again.

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.

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

That's what Tina Turner did, too - sang blues up-tempo - and they called it rock 'n' roll.

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.