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.
Elvis may be the King of Rock and Roll, but I am the Queen.
To me, true rock 'n' roll has a lot of bottom in it.
I am the architect of rock n' roll. I have to be a fan of all its forms.
People called rock & roll 'African music.' They called it 'voodoo music.' They said that it would drive the kids insane. They said that it was just a flash in the pan - the same thing that they always used to say about hip-hop.
I am the innovator. I am the originator. I am the emancipator. I am the architect of rock 'n' roll!
That's what Tina Turner did, too - sang blues up-tempo - and they called it rock 'n' roll.