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.

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

I invented rock & roll. Jimi Hendrix was my guitar player. James Brown was my vocalist.

I would wear flamboyant clothes and long hair, and most singers at the time didn't.

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

God is omnipotent, He is omniscient, and He is ever present.

A-bop-bop-a-loom-op-a-lop-bop-boom.