And I don't get down on nobody else for doing whatever else they do. To each his own.

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

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

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?

As for the tokens whereof thou ask me, I may tell thee of them in part: but as touching thy life, I am not sent to shew thee.

Beautiful women are always drawn to men they think will keep them beautiful.

Shoving feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken.

This means a lot. I'm being recognized for all the blood, sweat and tears I put into a 17-year career.

These days, unplugged places are getting hard to find.

I pitied myself for having no door until I met a man with no dividers.

Let God be the air in which your heart breathes at ease.

I'm a very disciplined person when it comes to my work, but discipline can't save m from being a drug addict.

Growing up as a city kid is a joyous time!

A protective tariff is a typical conspiracy in restraint of trade.