I grew up not liking my father very much. I never saw him cry. But he must have. Everybody cries.

How often does a guy who lives and breathes baseball meet a woman who loves the game and understands it as well as he?

I believe it is possible to tell what sign some people were born under by watching their eyes, watching how they walk, how they talk.

For most entertainers, there is a single experience, one defining moment, when confidence replaces the self-doubt that most of us wrestle with.

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

I always wanted to grow up fast. I longed for more than the Mississippi Delta could give.

I'm not James Brown. I'm not Sam Cooke. I'm Charley Pride. I'm just me and that's what you got.