I Saw Uncle John With Long Tall

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 Would Wear Flamboyant Clothes And Long Hair, And Most Singers At The Time Didn't.

I Always Knew I Was A Man, Always Felt That I Was A Man, Always Wanted To Be A Man.

Rock 'n' Roll Offered Me A Platform To Speak What I Felt. It Also Offered Me A Platform To Support My Mama And My Brothers And Sisters - Twelve Children.

A Lot Of People Call Me The Architect Of Rock & Roll. I Don't Call Myself That, But I Believe It's True.