But I was singing loud, and most singers weren't singing loud.
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.
And I think a woman should find it a joy to be female because God made both male and female.
I only wore makeup when I went onstage.
I also like the banging piano - that old good-time piano.
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.
But I'm a rock 'n' roll singer; that's my livelihood, my occupation.
I thank God for making me a man.
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.
Some situations you cause yourself.
Plus I love Tanya Tucker and I love country music.
Now they have banging guitar and no bass and call it rock, but that's not what I call rock.
Like, my mother would have company over, and I would sing so they'd pay attention to me.
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.
If I had my life to live over, I would want to be a man.