I saw Uncle John with Long Tall Sally, he saw Aunt Mary coming and he ducked back in the alley.

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?

I'm often painted as the bad guy, and the artistic part of me wants to hand out the brush.

I guess we’ll be traveling in uncharted waters.” “That’ll be fun,” Phil said.

Everybody knows that I'm not a snob when it comes to pop culture, obviously. I love reality shows.

I have a terrible time remembering exactly when my birthday is. Age is totally boring.

When something is too beautiful or too terrible or even too funny for words, then it is time for poetry.

Social Security is a fraudulent scheme in which the government collect money from you for your retirement - and immediately spend the money on something else.

Unfortunately, in the world today, we have dogmatic people entering into politics. I don't think the two mix.

Women are still in emotional bondage as long as we need to worry that we might have to make a choice between being heard and being loved.

The world is full of bastards, the number increasing rapidly the further one gets from Missoula, Montana.