I Invented Rock & Roll. Jimi Hendrix

It Was A Way Out Of Poverty. It Was A Way To Success. It Was A Way To Education. And It Was A Way To A Brighter Day For Me.

Black People Lived Right By The Railroad Tracks And The Train Would Shake Their Houses At Night. I Would Hear It As A Boy And I Thought: I'm Gonna Make A Song That Sounds Like That.

I Also Like The Banging Piano - That Old Good-time Piano.

I Am The Architect Of Rock N' Roll. I Have To Be A Fan Of All Its Forms.

I Was Washing Dishes At The Greyhound Bus Station At The Time And I Said, 'awap Bop A Lup Bop A Wop Bam Boom, Take 'em Out!'