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I am the innovator. I am the originator. I am the emancipator. I am the architect of rock 'n' roll!

Greed has taken the whole universe, and nobody is worried about their soul.

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.

I think God made a woman to be strong and not to be trampled under the feet of men. I've always felt this way because my mother was a very strong woman, without a husband.

A lot of people call me the architect of rock & roll. I don't call myself that, but I believe it's true.

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

I did what I felt, and I felt what I did, at all costs.

God would be a very selfish god if he gave all the soul to one race. ... When one sings from the heart and it reaches another heart, that's soul.

I think people who don't believe in God are crazy. How can you say there is no God when you hear the birds singing these beautiful songs you didn't make?

God gives us the ability, but rock 'n' roll was created by men.

We must clean ourselves of any impurity.We must clear our cities of any dirt."For God has not called us to uncleanness, but to holiness." 1 Thessalonians 4:7

I sincerely pity the poor man you marry. I doubt he’ll have a moment’s peace.

There's a lot of melancholy in my tracks.

Anything that is worth pursuing is going to require us to suffer, just a little bit.

I actually think the common anarchist position is that people are fundamentally good, blah blah blah. I don't believe that.

Political rivals attacked me. I was savagely beaten. I was kicked in the face and I lost my eye as a result.

Man's highest merit always is, as much as possible, to rule external circumstances and as little as possible to let himself be ruled by them.

If you read a lot of books you are considered well read. But if you watch a lot of TV, you're not considered well viewed.

Some of us are timid. We think we have something to lose so we don't try for that next hill.

When I started out, some women comics were jealous of other women comics, thinking, "If she gets "The Tonight Show," I can't." My philosophy always was, "If she did, I can too."