Quotes by Jerry Lee Lewis

About Jerry Lee Lewis:

Jerry Lee Lewis is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and pianist, who is often known by his nickname of The Killer and is often viewed as "rock & roll's first great wild man."
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My momma always said, 'You and Elvis are pretty good, but y'all ain't no Chuck Berry.

Jerry Lee Lewis

Down in Louisiana we call that Boogie Woogie!

Jerry Lee Lewis

Y'know, there's nothin' like tearing up a good club now and then.

Jerry Lee Lewis

I never set fire to a piano. I'd like to have got away with it, though. I pushed a couple of them in the river. They wasn't any good.

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

You've got to walk and talk with God to go to heaven... I have the devil in me! If I didn't have, I'd be Christian!

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

Hippies? Why, I'm the original.

Jerry Lee Lewis

Either be hot or cold. If you are lukewarm, the Lord will spew you forth from His mouth.

Jerry Lee Lewis

If I'm going to Hell, I'm going there playing the piano.

Jerry Lee Lewis

I've always showed up. If I got paid.

Jerry Lee Lewis

I've learned to be one of the hardheadedest cats in the world. I've learned that.

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

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 m...

Jerry Lee Lewis

I work to please my audience.

Jerry Lee Lewis

Author Bio

  • NameJerry Lee Lewis
  • DescriptionAmerican singer-songwriter and pianist
  • BornSeptember 29, 1935
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionSinger; Pianist; Composer; Musician; Singer-songwriter
  • AwardsGrammy Lifetime Achievement Award