“Jane Whitney: You go way beyond sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll in your performances: you self-mutilate on stage.”

“I would say it was about time that you believe in something. And sex and drugs and rock 'n' roll ain't it…. A lot of people used to think they were.”

“Jane Whitney: What's your ultimate idea of performance, of a fantasy performance?”

“Rock 'n' roll is an attitude, it's not a musical form of a strict sort. It's a way of doing things, of approaching things. Writing can be rock 'n' roll, or a movie can be rock 'n' roll. It's a way of living your life.”

“Classical musicians go to the conservatories, rock´n roll musicians go to the garages.”

“Rock 'n' roll. Deal with it.”

“Some say it's too country, some say it's too rock n' roll. But it's just good music if you can feel it in your soul.”

“Rock n roll stops the traffic”

“I didn't plan on rock 'n' roll. I wanted to learn jazz; I got to know some people doing rock 'n' roll with jazz, and I thought I could make money playing music. In rock 'n' roll you can realize anything that you can in jazz or anything. There's no limitation other than the beat. You have more freedom than you do in anything except jazz — which is dying — as far as making any money is concerned.”

“Raw sex is the last thing you are going to encounter in a Jane Austen woman.”