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

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

Elvis may be the King of Rock and Roll, but I am the Queen.

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

I thank God for Elvis Presley. I thank the Lord for sending Elvis to open the door so I could walk down the road.

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.