Wanda Jackson

“Elvis told me, 'You should be singing this rockabilly music, Wanda. You've got the voice for it.'”

“I was the first woman to have a rock-and-roll hit. I had the first rock-and-roll record.”

“I'm not trying to be a rebel. I'm just being myself.”

“A lot of people think that the only thing I do is rock and roll, but I have a country side, too.”

“The fans are what have kept me going all these years.”

“You have to have a little bit of a rebel in you to be a rock-and-roller.”

“I never thought of myself as a pioneer. I just thought I was doing what I loved to do.”

“I wore fringe, and I was the first one to wear spaghetti-strap dresses on stage.”

“I just want to be remembered as a good singer and a good entertainer.”

“When I get on stage, I feel like I'm 20 years old again.”

“God gave me a voice, and I'm going to use it.”

“I didn't try to sound like a man, I just sang it the way I felt it.”

“It was pretty wild for a 17-year-old girl to be singing some of those lyrics.”

“Country music is the people's music. It's about real life.”