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.

I loved Mississippi and do to this day. The rainbows that stretch from horizon to horizon after a summer rain are the most spectacular I have ever seen.

It isn't reasonable to expect that everyone in the world is a country music fan. Not yet, anyway.

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.

A fan will grab you and hug you and will not let go. When that happens, you wish it could be that way all over the world.

People pay attention to lyrics, and the race matter was delicate.