The media dresses things up. There's a lot of inaccuracy.

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.

I'm thankful for each and every day. We never know when time is up.

If you want to release your aggression, get up and dance. That's what rock and roll is all about.

I used to work at Kroger's. When the store opened, you were there. When I worked in an automobile plant, you punched in. So it showed if you were a minute late. If you have a paid job, you show up.

The music played most around St. Louis was country-western and swing. Curiosity provoked me to lay a lot of the country stuff on our predominantly black audience. After they laughed at me a few times, they began requesting the hillbilly stuff.