It's Not The Size Of The Ship;

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.

I Came From A Family Where My People Didn't Like Rhythm And Blues. Bing Crosby - "pennies From Heaven" - Ella Fitzgerald, Was All I Heard.

My True Belief About Rock 'n' Roll--and There Have Been A Lot Of Phrases Attributed To Me Over The Years--is This: I Believe This Kind Of Music Is Demonic. ... A Lot Of The Beats In Music Today Are Taken From Voodoo, From The Voodoo Drums. If You Study Music In Rhythms, Like I Have, You'll See That Is True. I Believe That Kind Of Music Is Driving People From Christ. It Is Contagious

Elvis Was God-given, There's No Other Explanation. A Messiah Comes Around Every Few Thousand Years, And Elvis Was It This Time.

Now They Have Banging Guitar And No Bass And Call It Rock, But That's Not What I Call Rock.