I never accepted the idea that I had to be guided by some pattern or blueprint.

Israel has accepted the blueprint of Mr. Tenet, and we think it's again in the hands of Mr. Arafat. The ball [is] in his court.

I try to be a guide for people, to make their darkness bright and to make the pathway light, and never to condemn or control or criticize.

I look back on my life, comin' out of Macon, Georgia - I never thought I'd be a superstar, a living legend. I never heard of no rock and roll in my life.

I've never gotten money from most of those records. And I made those records: In the studio, they'd just give me a bunch of words, I'd make up a song! The rhythm and everything. 'Good Golly Miss Molly'! And I didn't get a dime for it.

If I had some idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it years ago?