"Curiosity provoked me to lay a lot of our country stuff on our predominantly black audience and some of our black audience began whispering 'who is that black hillbilly at the Cosmo?' After they laugh…"

"I'm a happy man. I enjoy my life."

"I played my music for the people, and they liked it. That's all that matters."

"I never thought I was a star. I just thought I was a guy who played guitar."

"I don't know what rock and roll is. I just play it."