Jerry Lee Lewis

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If I couldn't do it my way, I'd best stay at home.

Jerry Lee Lewis (29 September 193528 October 2022) was a rock 'n' roll and country performer, most famous for his recordings of "Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On" (1957) and "Great Balls of Fire" (1957). He was one of the first ten inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1986).

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I never set fire to a piano. I'd like to have got away with it, though.
  • There have been many great performers, but only four great stylists—Al Jolson, Jimmie Rodgers, Hank Williams, and Jerry Lee Lewis.
    • As quoted in Meeting Jimmie Rodgers : How America's Original Roots Music Hero Changed the Pop Sounds of a Century (2009) by Barry Mazor, p. 347
    • Variant: You’ll never find anyone that Jerry Lee Lewis has taken anything from, brother. I’m a stylist. Just like Jimmie Rodgers — the late, great Jimmie Rodgers — just like Hank Williams — the late, great Hank Williams — just like Al Jolson — the late, great Al Jolson. There’s only four stylists, and that’s Jerry Lee Lewis, Hank Williams, Al Jolson, and Jimmie Rod­gers. Rest of ’em are just imitators.
  • I never set fire to a piano. I'd like to have got away with it, though. I pushed a couple of them in the river. They wasn't any good.
    • As quoted in Esquire (January 2010), p. 89
  • If I couldn't do it my way, I'd best stay at home.
    • As quoted in Esquire (January 2010), p. 89

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