My mother told me on several different occasions that she was livin' her dream vicariously through me. She once said that I was getting to do all the….

If you want me in the Hall of Fame put me in because of some contributions that I have made to country music..

A guy said to me, 'You're so lucky. You have people like Ray Charles, Barbra Streisand and The Beatles doing your songs.' I figured out, though, the ….

The last 16 years of my daddys life, he got to work for me, and that made him his own boss and he like that..

I'm gonna still play some dates, but I'm not gonna do anything near like I did it before..

But most distinctly, I remember always saying to myself that when I get big, I'm not going to go to bed hungry, I'm not going to wear hand-me-down cl….

I'm from the Bob Wills and the Little Richard school of music. Bob Wills did what the hell he thought, Little Richard did what he thought, and those ….

You get up about 2-3 oclock in the morning and get through about 7 or 8 and 12 hours later you start all over. Thats the worst kind of work a person ….

I am who I am, I am what I am, I do what I do and I ain't never gonna do it any different. I don't care who likes it and who don't..

The biggest fool to hit the big time and all I've got to do is act naturally..

The road had the lonely times, but I kept myself busy..

I remember as a kid being cold a lot, and hungry sometimes. Wed go to bed with just cornbread and milk, and I remember wearing shoes with holes in th….

I was always very grateful to 'em and am grateful to 'em now. I went back a couple of years ago and did their 20th anniversary show. But the longer I….

I found a sound that people really liked - I found this basic concept and all I did was change the lyrics and the melody a little bit. My songs, if y….

That was where my dream began to take hold, of not havin' to pick cotton and potatoes, and not havin' to be uncomfortable, too hot or too cold. That ….

Satan's gotta get along without me. Since I've broke the chain of sin I know for sure that he can't win..

Lady Limelight is a jealous lady. She wants all of your attention. You dont have any time to think of anything else but Lady Limelight, because prett….

I'd like to be remembered as a guy that came along and did his music, did his best and showed up on time, clean and ready to do the job, wrote a few ….

I got to realizing that I wanted to record, I wanted to experiment. And doing those same old songs the same old way - I said, 'I think it's time for ….

I'm in an absolute frenzy towards doing as many things as I can that I want to do today. The rest can wait till tomorrow, next week, if I'm around we….

I've got the hungries for your love and I'm waiting in your welfare line..