Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind (2022) Movie Script
He caught me in there
a few times and put me out.
He said, "Boy, if your uncle
Lee Calhoun caught you in here,
your mama or daddy caught you,
they'd kill me.
I shaped myself around that.
That's... that's me.
That's got to be me right
there.
When you listen, when you
think,
that you can't do good,
with rock and roll...
No. No! No, no.
How can the--
how can the devil save souls?
What are you talking about?
Man, I have the devil in me!
If I didn't have,
I'd be a Christian!
H... E... L... L...
Religious conviction...
doesn't mean anything
resembling extremism.
Are you following
those that heal?
Like Jesus Christ did?
Well, it's happening every day.
The blinded eyes
were opened.
The lame were made to walk.
The crippled were made to walk.
But when it comes to
worldly music,
rock and roll...
...anything like that,
you're still a sinner.
And then you're a sinner
and unless you been saved and born again
and be made as a little
child...
and walk before God
and be holy,
and, brother, I mean,
you got to be so pure...
you got to walk and talk
with God to go to heaven.
You got to be so good in His
presence.
It's what's written
in the Bible.
I guess I took enough pills
for the whole town.
Drank enough whiskey to lift
any ship off the ground.
I used to drink a fifth of
tequila to sober up on.
I drank two and three fifths
of whiskey a day
and a fifth of tequila to
sober up and do my show.
I don't even believe
in religion--
the Bible don't even speak--
the word is not, "religion"
is not even in the Bible.
Jerry Lee, when you're
eighty years old,
you're not going to be
banging the piano on your feet
and still singing rock and roll.
Me and Chuck,
we're very good friends,
still really great friends.
Me and Chuck Berry--
My mother always thought
Chuck Berry was the greatest
rock and roll singer in the world.
I said, "Wait a minute,
Mama, I do rock and roll."
a few times and put me out.
He said, "Boy, if your uncle
Lee Calhoun caught you in here,
your mama or daddy caught you,
they'd kill me.
I shaped myself around that.
That's... that's me.
That's got to be me right
there.
When you listen, when you
think,
that you can't do good,
with rock and roll...
No. No! No, no.
How can the--
how can the devil save souls?
What are you talking about?
Man, I have the devil in me!
If I didn't have,
I'd be a Christian!
H... E... L... L...
Religious conviction...
doesn't mean anything
resembling extremism.
Are you following
those that heal?
Like Jesus Christ did?
Well, it's happening every day.
The blinded eyes
were opened.
The lame were made to walk.
The crippled were made to walk.
But when it comes to
worldly music,
rock and roll...
...anything like that,
you're still a sinner.
And then you're a sinner
and unless you been saved and born again
and be made as a little
child...
and walk before God
and be holy,
and, brother, I mean,
you got to be so pure...
you got to walk and talk
with God to go to heaven.
You got to be so good in His
presence.
It's what's written
in the Bible.
I guess I took enough pills
for the whole town.
Drank enough whiskey to lift
any ship off the ground.
I used to drink a fifth of
tequila to sober up on.
I drank two and three fifths
of whiskey a day
and a fifth of tequila to
sober up and do my show.
I don't even believe
in religion--
the Bible don't even speak--
the word is not, "religion"
is not even in the Bible.
Jerry Lee, when you're
eighty years old,
you're not going to be
banging the piano on your feet
and still singing rock and roll.
Me and Chuck,
we're very good friends,
still really great friends.
Me and Chuck Berry--
My mother always thought
Chuck Berry was the greatest
rock and roll singer in the world.
I said, "Wait a minute,
Mama, I do rock and roll."