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

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

Once your name becomes well known, politicians come courting.

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.

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.

Mother was a talkative person, and I was a lot like her.

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