I've never seen the devil create music.

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?

When you meet joyEven in that momentary experience, This ephemeral emotion unravelsAll those colors of contentmentWhich sparkle from within

My country's main exports are stolen cars and sadness.

A meeting moves at the speed of the slowest mind in the room. (In other words, all but one participant will be bored, all but one mind underused.)

My daddy used to say that I was too big to ride and too little to hitch a wagon - no good for a damn thing.

Every bird has its decoy, and every man is led and misled in his own peculiar way.

I go on vacation strictly to relax - to kick back with a good book and do nothing else but read, sleep and eat.

To help your concentration, don't take too much time.

In a free society men and women should not be prevented by Government from seeking medical remedies which they believe will be effective.

The greatest source of happiness is the ability to be grateful at all times.