I have awards right now that I do not remember walking on stage to get..

You can't make old friends. You either have them or you don't..

It is difficult to get played at my age on the radio..

I feel like I learn something from everything I do..

He said, Son, I've made a life out of readin' people's faces, and knowin' what their cards were by the way they held their eyes..

My mom loved to sing - and I'll go on record and say she was the worst singer ever. I'd get up and move away from her!.

You gotta know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, know when to walk away, know when to run..

There is a trade off - as you grow older you gain wisdom but you lose spontaneity..

Radio is aimed at the 30-year-old market, so you have to have great music and appeal to get that age group. And you need a record company to believe ….

There'll be time enough for counting when the dealing's done..

The Hall of Fame is forever, baby!.

I'm so totally future oriented that, for me, I don't know what the future's about, but I can promise you it's gonna be exciting..

Stay away from trouble when you can..

I just hope I can spread some of the happiness that's been coming my way..

You know, I think the greatest gift in the world is a good employee, you know, or people who can do your work for you and do it well the way you'd li….

So sweep away the sand an' dry the ocean, an' just pack the moon an' stars up in a cardboard box. And stop the clouds from chimin', block the sun fro….

You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille, with four hungry children and a crop in the field..

I'm much more comfortable singing than talking..

You know, when you're poor and you have a bunch of kids in your family, you don't know that everybody's not poor..

The first six years of my career, I got more comments on my weight than on my singing. So I think I became so self-conscious that I started working o….

Music is what I am, everything else is what I do..