This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. Let's continue our week of interviews from our archive with R&B, rockabilly and early rock 'n' roll musicians and songwriters. Up next, we have Carl Perkins, one of ...

PERKINS: Well, the original line there that I came up with, I said three to get ready, now go, man, go. I wrote the song go, man, go. And the first attempt I made at recording it, I said go man. And ...