When you sit down and think about what rock 'n' roll music really is, then you have to change that question. Played up-tempo, you call it rock 'n' roll; at a regular tempo, you call it rhythm and blues.

Like, my mother would have company over, and I would sing so they'd pay attention to me.

People called rock & roll 'African music.' They called it 'voodoo music.' They said that it would drive the kids insane. They said that it was just a flash in the pan - the same thing that they always used to say about hip-hop.

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

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

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

I've never seen the devil create music.