[On `The Killer`]: People think I`m called `The Killer` because of my wild lifestyle. I`ve had the nickname since I was a boy. I started calling other kids Killer. But the name stuck with me. Even now, I`ll ask someone, `How`s it going, Killer?`

[Referring to Great Balls of Fire! (1989)]: "It`s all lies. Maybe not lies, but it`s their story, not mine."

[On the film Great Balls of Fire! (1989)]: "I never acted like that in my life. That movie was bad news."

[On his feelings towards ex-wife Myra Lewis` autobiography entitled "Great Balls of Fire"] "I says to her, `Myra, that damn book o` yours -- that weren`t no "Great Balls of Fire" you wrote. You shoulda called it "Great Buncha Balls" instead, darlin`, `cos that`s all it is."

[Explaining why W.C. Fields is his favorite comedian] "He`s just got his way of doing things. And if you don`t like it, he`ll kick your teeth out."

[On Ray Charles] "What a great guy he was. Every time I saw him, I would say, `Ray, this is Jerry Lee, how you doing?` And he would say, `Well, you looking good, Jerry Lee.` He always said that. He was one of my best friends."

If I`m going to Hell, I`m going there to play on a piano!

[on his being a breech birth]"I was born feet first, and I`ve been jumpin` ever since."