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

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?

You never know what you will find in your pants!

The first rule in life is 'everybody lies.' Remember that and you'll get a lot further.

Be patient and believe in your future. God is already there and is preparing a way.

Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.

Grasshopper always wrong in argument with chicken.

keep moving. It's hard for old age to hit a moving target.

No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of others.

If you make listening and observation your occupation you will gain much more than you can by talk.

A runner doesn't just show up and win a race. He trains long and hard. Do you just show up every day and hope to win?

Art Objects is important not only as a plea to the public to read serious literature and to read it seriously, but it is a terrific book of instruction about writing.