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.

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.

I never heard nobody in my audience call me any kind of names.

I decided to come back and teach goodness in this business. To teach love, because music is the universal language. We are God's bouquet, and through music we become one.

But men are so full of greed today, they'll sell anything for a little piece of money.

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.

Greed has taken the whole universe, and nobody is worried about their soul.