Maybellene, Why Can't You Be True?

The Big Band Era Is My Era. People Say, 'where Did You Get Your Style From?' I Did The Big Band Era On Guitar. That's The Best Way I Could Explain It.

My Music Is Simple Stuff. Anybody Can Sit Down, Look At A Set Of Symbols And Produce Sounds The Music Represents.

The Gateway To Freedom...was Somewhere Close To New Orleans Where Most Africans Were Sorted Through And Sold. I Had Driven Through New Orleans On Tour And I'd Been Told My Great Grandfather Had Lived Way Back Up In The Woods Among The Evergreens In A Log Cabin. I Revived The Era With A Song About A Coloured Boy Named Johnny B. Goode. My First Thought Was To Make His Life Follow As My Own Had Come Along, But I Thought It Would Seem Biased To White Fans To Say 'coloured Boy' And Changed It To 'country Boy'.

Everything I Wrote About Wasn't About Me, But About The People Listening.

Of The Five Most Important Things In Life, Health Is First, Education Or Knowledge Is Second, And Wealth Is Third. I Forget The Other Two.