A lot of people call me the architect of rock & roll. I don't call myself that, but I believe it's true.

I thank God for making me a man.

I invented rock & roll. Jimi Hendrix was my guitar player. James Brown was my vocalist.

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

It's hard to have a friend when your name's a household word.

I think God made a woman to be strong and not to be trampled under the feet of men. I've always felt this way because my mother was a very strong woman, without a husband.