I've tried to help a lot of young artists get started.

Chet Atkins... is probably the best guitar player who ever lived.

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

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.

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.

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

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.