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.

Fans will praise you, scold you, and offer helpful advice. Fans will also defend you.

The tastes of country music fans are not limited to the narrow range defined by consultants and programmers and record company moguls.

I might have become a minor celebrity but royalty checks were a long way off.

Besides good schools, a good airport, and the Cowboys, Dallas had golf courses, and golf was fast becoming an obsession with me.

Any entertainer who tells you that the adoration of fans is not a heady experience probably never had the experience.

Early in my career I began receiving letters from a woman in the Midwest who claimed to be my mother.