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

I always knew I was a man, always felt that I was a man, always wanted to be a man.

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

No, I've never truly been a minister.

Rock 'n' roll offered me a platform to speak what I felt. It also offered me a platform to support my mama and my brothers and sisters - twelve children.

I thank God for making me a man.

But I was singing loud, and most singers weren't singing loud.