They shoulda called me Little Cocaine, I was sniffing so much of the stuff! My nose got big enough to back a diesel truck in, unload it, and drive it right out again.

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?

The line between passionate and crazy can be a thin one.

I've been wondering, " Isabelle commented reflectively over dessert, "if it is foolish to make new memories when you know you are going to lose them.

Think of yourself as an athlete. I guarantee you it will change the way you walk, the way you work, and the decisions you make about leadership, teamwork, and success.

There is a warning love sends and the cost of it is never written till long afterward.

We have to not just open our eyes to what's going on in other places; we need to open our eyes to what's going on right in front of us.

Politicians are put there to give you the idea that you have freedom of choice. You don't.

Maybe the greatest favour a spouse can tender is to overlook what you can't.

It is a burden because I get asked about my father all the time. I just need to accept that he was a champion before me.

All the higher life forms scythed away, just like that. [ . . . ] Nothing but dust and fundamentalists.

Religion, whatever it is, is a man's total reaction upon life.