If it weren't for the rocks in its bed, the stream would have no song.

- Carl Perkins

Woke up last night half past four, fifty women knocking on my door.

- Carl Perkins

I only know two cats in this business that really had it all; Elvis was one of those guys, the other was Ricky Nelson. There was a difference in thos…

- Carl Perkins

Fill your heart with as much love as you can, and don't hold it in.

- Carl Perkins

My dad gave $3 and a chicken for the first guitar I had.

- Carl Perkins

You can knock me down, step on my face, slander my name all over the place. Do anything that you want to do, but uh-oh, honey, lay off of my shoes.

- Carl Perkins

After all those days in the cotton fields, the dreams came true on a gold record on a piece of wood. It's in my den where I can look at it every day.…

- Carl Perkins

That rockabilly sound wasn't as simple as I thought it was.

- Carl Perkins