Your kids can say some cruel things to you at times. For example, Nicole, Miles and Sofie are standing there in the room and I'm dressed to kill in my own mind. They'll say to me, 'Dad, you're not going out there looking like that are you?' If that doesn't kill a star, I don't know what does!

No one can deny, this love I have inside, and I'll give it all to you, my endless love.

I just like people. I'll hold a conversation at a gas station. It's not about the fame and the fortune, I just like people.

The best compliment that has ever been given to me was, I was at the airport one day and a guy came in and said, 'Lionel, my wife loves you, the kids love you, my mother-in-law loves you, the family loves you.

Today we've learned to celebrate mediocrity. Back in the day we had creative artists; today we have created artists.

My earliest memories of country music are the Grand Ole Opry.

Exactly when people are in turmoil is the time that the entertainment business has always been at its best. Because people don't want to be reminded every day that they are under siege, or that they're not having a great time of life.