"I'm a saloon singer. I sing in saloons. I don't sing in churches."

"I don't think I'm a legend. I'm just a guy who sings a little."

"I don't care what you say about me, as long as you say something about me."

"The big bands were great. They were very important to me. I learned a lot from them."

"Rock 'n' roll is sung by cretinous goons. It's the most brutal, ugly, degenerate, vicious form of expression it has been my displeasure to hear."