No, I've never truly been a minister.

I never accepted the idea that I had to be guided by some pattern or blueprint.

People called rock & roll 'African music.' They called it 'voodoo music.' They said that it would drive the kids insane. They said that it was just a flash in the pan - the same thing that they always used to say about hip-hop.

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

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

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

I let people know that it was all right to do the kinds of things I did.