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Everything I Wrote About Wasn't About Me, But About The People Listening.

The Gateway To Freedom...was Somewhere Close To New Orleans Where Most Africans Were Sorted Through And Sold. I Had Driven Through New Orleans On Tour And I'd Been Told My Great Grandfather Had Lived Way Back Up In The Woods Among The Evergreens In A Log Cabin. I Revived The Era With A Song About A Coloured Boy Named Johnny B. Goode. My First Thought Was To Make His Life Follow As My Own Had Come Along, But I Thought It Would Seem Biased To White Fans To Say 'coloured Boy' And Changed It To 'country Boy'.

All In All It Was My Intention To Hold Both The Black And The White Clientele By Voicing The Different Kinds Of Songs In Their Customary Tongues.

Describe Elvis Presley? He Was The Greatest Who Ever Was, Is Or Ever Will Be.

The Big Band Era Is My Era. People Say, 'where Did You Get Your Style From?' I Did The Big Band Era On Guitar. That's The Best Way I Could Explain It.