I look back on my life, comin' out of Macon, Georgia - I never thought I'd be a superstar, a living legend. I never heard of no rock and roll in my life.

I don't give the devil credit for creating nothing.

I got a girl named Bony Maronie, she's as skinny as a stick of macaroni.

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

That's what Tina Turner did, too - sang blues up-tempo - and they called it rock 'n' roll.

And I'd like to give my love to everybody, and let them know that the grass may look greener on the other side, but believe me, it's just as hard to cut.

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.