I'll never be Bob Dylan. He's the master.

When I first heard [Elvis Presley's] voice I just knew that I wasn't going to work for anybody; and nobody was going to be my boss. Hearing him for the first time was like busting out of jail.

I'm not ashamed to say that I lived my life to that code. Quite a man, that Gene Autry.

When Johnson started singing, he seemed like a guy who could have sprung from the head of Zeus in full armor.

I put one on the turntable and when the needle dropped, I was stunned - didn't know if I was stoned or straight... All these songs together, one after another made my head spin. It made me want to gasp. It was like the land parted.

The chilling precision that these old-timers used in coming up with their songs was no small thing.