I thank God for making me a man.

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?

There is always going to be evil as long as goodness lives on.

Do you think that too, " she said, "that I have slept too long in the moonlight?

Every musical movement that is big enough has to produce some good musicians who wouldn't have had the incentive to start playing without it.

The way we love people we disagree with is the best evidence of what we really believe.

You can use martial arts to tell a different story. Ang Lee used martial arts in 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' to talk about love.

If we would talk more about the Lord and praise Him, we would have less time to talk about ourselves.

The right time to die is never exactly now.

We also have favourite place in France, called Charlot Premier in Nice, which does excellent oysters.

There's a vested interest in trying to keep people smoking cigarettes.

I keep my good health by having a very bad temper, kept under good control.