Once your name becomes well known, politicians come courting.

Fans are what make a performer and I've always taken them seriously.

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

I was always a dreamer, in childhood especially. People thought I was a little strange.

As far back as I can remember, the radio held a special fascination for me.

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.

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.