What we don't need in country music is divisiveness, public criticism of each other, and some arbitrary judgement of what belongs and what doesn't.

I try to keep my feet on the ground. Even though I appreciate the fame and adoration, I remember once I used to pick cotton, and I felt like even then I was somebody. I have the same feet, hands and heart like everyone else. I'm just also blessed with a good voice.

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

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

Johnny Duncan was one of the first opening acts I hired for my show, and he is the one who initiated me into astrology. I got hooked. It made a lot of sense to me.

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

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.