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" It was a way out of poverty. It was a way to success. It was a way to education. And it was a way to a brighter day for me. "

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" I've never gotten money from most of those records. And I made those records: In the studio, they'd just give me a bunch of words, I'd make up a song! The rhythm and everything. 'Good Golly Miss Molly'! And I didn't get a dime for it. "

" Black people lived right by the railroad tracks, and the train would shake their houses at night. I would hear it as a boy, and I thought: I'm gonna make a song that sounds like that. "

" God gives us the ability, but rock 'n' roll was created by men. "

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

" I'm here to sing. "

" I'm very much a gentleman in what I do. "

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

" My mother died, and I couldn't stand to look at her bedroom any more. I'd get sick. I've always been a momma's boy. "

" But I'm a rock 'n' roll singer; that's my livelihood, my occupation. "

" Greed has taken the whole universe, and nobody is worried about their soul. "

" Some situations you cause yourself. "

" I don't think that you have to be effeminate to be sensitive. "

" And I think a woman should find it a joy to be female because God made both male and female. "

" It's hard to have a friend when your name's a household word. "

" But when I went on the stage to do a show, I would put on makeup because I felt that it enhanced my act; it drew attention to what I was doing. "

" I tried to look presentable for a show, but not for sexual attraction. It was strictly for show business. "

" I just want the world to know that God is present, that he's alive for ever more. "

" God is omnipotent, He is omniscient, and He is ever present. "

" And I don't get down on nobody else for doing whatever else they do. To each his own. "

" But I was singing loud, and most singers weren't singing loud. "

" I always knew I was a man, always felt that I was a man, always wanted to be a man. "

" 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. "

" People called rock & roll 'African music.' They called it 'voodoo music.' They said that it would drive the kids insane. They said that it was just a flash in the pan - the same thing that they always used to say about hip-hop. "

" I try to be a guide for people, to make their darkness bright and to make the pathway light, and never to condemn or control or criticize. "

" I think they saw me as something like a deliverer, a way out. My means of expression, my music, was a way in which a lot of people wished they could express themselves and couldn't. "

" Rock 'n' roll offered me a platform to speak what I felt. It also offered me a platform to support my mama and my brothers and sisters - twelve children. "

" To me, true rock 'n' roll has a lot of bottom in it. "

" Gay people are the sweetest, kindest, most artistic, warmest and most thoughtful people in the world. And since the beginning of time all they've ever been is kicked. "

" When you sit down and think about what rock 'n' roll music really is, then you have to change that question. Played up-tempo, you call it rock 'n' roll; at a regular tempo, you call it rhythm and blues. "