There only have been two people on this earth that I was nervous around: Chet Atkins and Mickey Mantle. It's because of the respect I have for them.

I finally came to terms with manic depression and lithium. I've taken lithium regularly for the past few years and have had no further bouts with manic depression.

I've tried to help a lot of young artists get started.

I think there's enough room in country music for everybody.

I don't care what the religion is called; as far as I'm concerned, one God, the God I adhere to, is in charge of all of them.

I was sometimes jeered by black soldiers who wanted me to sing something besides country music.

Redd Foxx was the same gruff old codger you saw on television.