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The image is one thing and the human being is another. It's very hard to live up to an image, put it that way.

People ask me where I got my singing style. I didn't copy my style from anybody.

Those people in New York are not gonna change me none.

The next thing I knew, I was out of the service and making movies again. My first picture was called, GI Blues. I thought I was still in the army.

The closest I ever came to getting married was just before I started singing. In fact, my first record saved my neck.

Man, I really like Vegas.

They put me on television. And the whole thing broke loose. It was wild, I tell ya for sure.

Those movies sure got me into a rut.

The army teaches boys to think like men.

That's why I hate to get started in these jam sessions. I'm always the last one to leave.

Since the beginning, it was just the same. The only difference, the crowds are bigger now.

The colored folks been singing it and playing it just like I'm doin' now, man, for more years than I know. I got it from them.

I don't think I'm bad for people. If I did think I was bad for people, I would go back to driving a truck, and I really mean this.

A live concert to me is exciting because of all the electricity that is generated in the crowd and on stage. It's my favorite part of the business, live concerts.

Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.