Like, my mother would have company over, and I would sing so they'd pay attention to me.

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 must have you. We must have each other. You know that, don't you? You'rein my blood, God help us both.

We cannot embrace God's forgiveness if we are so busy clinging to past wounds and nursing old grudges.

Travel is so important in its capacity to expand the mind. It's exciting to start as young as possible - you get to see how other cultures live, challenge your senses, and try different cuisines.

The FDA has formed a rapid response team.

My worst expectations never happened.

When women are depressed, they eat or go shopping.

Songs suffer at the mercy of the performer.

They who are in the highest places, and have the most power, have the least liberty, because they are the most observed.

To understand a sentence means to understand a language. To understand a language means to be master of a technique.

I mean, [Donald Trump] is going to get hit. He's going to get hit often. He's not going to like it. That's the way it works, you know.