Before you abuse, criticize, and accuse walk a mile in my shoes.
I was training to be an electrician. I suppose I got wired the wrong way round somewhere along the line.
Computers may out think us one day, but as long as people got feelings we'll be better than they are.
My philosophy of life is simple: I need someone to love, something to wait and do something.
When your intelligence don't tell you something ain't right, your conscience gives you a tap you on the shoulder and says 'Hold on'. If it don't, you're a snake.
The image is one thing and the human being is another...it's very hard to live up to an image.
When I first saw you with your smile so tender, my heart was captured, my soul surrendered.
I forgot to remember to forget.
The first time that I appeared on stage, it scared me to death. I really didn't know what all the yelling was about. I didn't realize that my body was moving. It's a natural thing to me. So to the manager backstage I said, "What'd I do? What'd I do?" And he said, "Whatever it is, go back and do it again."
Music should be something that makes you gotta move, inside or outside.
I think most people have a natural instinct to rebel.
When I was a child, ladies and gentlemen, I was a dreamer. I read comic books, and I was the hero of the comic book. I saw movies, and I was the hero in the movie. So every dream I ever dreamed, has come true a hundred times... I learned very early in life that "Without a song, the day would never end; without a song, a man ain't got a friend; without a song, the road would never bend - without a song." So I keep singing a song. Goodnight. Thank you.
I’m so lucky to be in the position to give. It’s really a gift to give.
Don't criticize that man unless you have walked in his shoes.
More than anything else, I want the folks back at home to think right of me.
A lot of people seem to think I started this business. But rock 'n' roll was here a long time before I came along. Nobody can sing that kind of music like colored people. Let's face it: I can't sing like Fats Domino can. I know that.
I figure all any kid needs is hope and the feeling he or she belongs.
Gospel music is the purest thing there is on this earth.
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.
I've never written a song in my life. It's all a big hoax.
Take care of the fans and they will sure as hell take care of you.
All I want is to know the truth, to know and experience God. I'm a searcher, that's what I'm all about.
Life has taught me one big lesson, always keep the girlies guessing.
The Lord can give, and the Lord can take away. I might be herding sheep next year.
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