The full quote really pissed them off:
"We're more popular than Jesus now; I don't know which will go first – rock 'n' roll or Christianity. Jesus was all right but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It's them twisting it that ruins it for me."
More popular than Jesus - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/More_popular_than_Jesus
"We're more popular than Jesus now; I don't know which will go first – rock 'n' roll or Christianity. Jesus was all right but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It's them twisting it that ruins it for me."
More popular than Jesus - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/More_popular_than_Jesus