I began playing Branson during the 1992 season and was a little amazed. There were about 30 celebrity theatres there and more are being added all the time.

Even now, when I'm asked how I'm doing, I like to reply, 'Pretty good. I've got all my fingers and both eyes.

My brothers and sisters all sang, too, and they all have good voices.

There were very few black people in Montana but we never felt out of place.

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

Singing as a full-time job was not something I had given a lot of thought to and I had no clear notion of the money to be made in it.

Flying was as necessary to my business as fiddles and footlights.