Wanda Jackson

“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.”

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

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

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

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