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

I'm very much a gentleman in what I do.

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

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

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 thank God for making me a man.

I try to be a guide for people, to make their darkness bright and to make the pathway light, and never to condemn or control or criticize.