"Soul music … arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into…"

"Soul is truth, … no matter where it comes from, no matter how it is presented."

"There's not many Americans, certainly not many of the teenagers I met when I first went to America, knew anything abo…"

"But now if I can wrap myself up in that song, and when that song gets to be a part of me, and affects me emotionally,…"

"Rhythm and blues used to be called race music. … This music was going on for years, but nobody paid any attention to it."

"When I think of soul, I think of grease 'cause ain't nothin' no good without the grease."

"What they call rock and roll now is rhythm and blues: I've been playing for 15 years in New Orleans."

"Elvis changed the country music scene quite a bit; he almost put country music out of business."

"American country music … was and is … the soul music of white people."

"Country music is three chords and the truth."