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.
Mother was a talkative person, and I was a lot like her.
Redd Foxx was the same gruff old codger you saw on television.
A black man singing about a blond girl was potential trouble.
Fans are what make a performer and I've always taken them seriously.
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.