Down in Louisiana we call that Boogie Boogie!

— Jerry Lee Lewis

I am right. I'm always right. One time I thought I was wrong, I found out I was right.

— Jerry Lee Lewis

My momma always said, 'You and Elvis are pretty good, but you all ain't no Chuck Berry.

— Jerry Lee Lewis

Normally, things are viewed in these little segmented boxes. There's classical, and then there's jazz; romantic, and then there's baroque. I find that very dissatisfying. I was trying to find the thread that connects one type of music - one type of musician - to another, and to follow that thread in some kind of natural, evolutionary way.

— Jerry Lee Lewis

Other people - they practice, and they practice... these fingers of mine, they got brains in 'em. You don't tell them what to do - they do it. God given talent.

— Jerry Lee Lewis

When they look back on me, I want 'em to remember me not for all my wives, although I've had a few, and certainly not for any mansions or high livin' money I made and spent. I want 'em to remember me simply for my music.

— Jerry Lee Lewis