There was more to life than the things you could hold in your hands or see with your eyes.

The fans don't know how much I love them so. It really can get to a hurting feeling inside due to how strong I love them all.

James Brown, Ray Charles, Jackie Wilson, Chuck Berry and Little Richard - I think they had strong influences on a lot of people, because these were the guys who really got rock'n'roll going. I like to start with the origin of things, because once it gets along it changes. It's so interesting to see how it really was in the beginning.

If you're satisfied with everything you're just going to stay at one level and the world will move ahead.

Drinking really cold beer is like slapping yourself in the face with an ice pick.

I'm never pleased with anything, I'm a perfectionist, it's part of who I am.

One day my dad said, "If you guys ever stop singing, I'll drop you like a hot potato." That's what he said. It hurt me. You don't say that to children and I never forgot it.