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

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

A lot of celebrities relish politics and are eager to lend their names to candidates and causes. I never wanted to be a spokesman for anybody.

In 20 years I had sold more records for RCA than any artist except Elvis Presley.

Until MTV, television had not been a huge influence on music. To compete with MTV, the country music moguls felt they had to appeal to the same young audience and do it the way MTV did.

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.

The time I spent thinking about how I was better than somebody else or worrying about somebody else's attitude was time I could put to better use.