Top 9 Quotes & Sayings by Carl Perkins

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

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

If it helped you get your music off the ground, I'm glad you done it.

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. I wear it out lookin' at it.

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 those two guys though. Elvis moved...Ricky never had to; he stood flat footed and captivated his audience with his good looks. We grew up with him; those who didn't missed something. History books are gonna have to say that he played a big role in Rock 'n' Roll music.... and he did it his way.

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

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

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

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.