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

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.

Black people lived right by the railroad tracks and the train would shake their houses at night. I would hear it as a boy and I thought: I'm gonna make a song that sounds like that.

I am the architect of rock n' roll. I have to be a fan of all its forms.

And I don't get down on nobody else for doing whatever else they do. To each his own.

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

I've never seen the devil create music.