"Of the five most important things in life, health is first, education or knowledge is second, and wealth is third. I forget the other two."

"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 controversial man. I've always been that way."

"I'm a rock and roll original. There's no one like me."

"I'm not a complicated man."