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

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

It's not the size of the ship; it's the size of the waves.

Rock 'n' roll doesn't glorify God. You can't drink out of God's cup and the devil's cup at the same time. I was one of the pioneers of that music, one of the builders. I know what the blocks are made of because I built them.

I thank God for making me a man.

I got a girl named Bony Maronie, she's as skinny as a stick of macaroni.

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