Any entertainer who tells you that the adoration of fans is not a heady experience probably never had the experience.

Once your name becomes well known, politicians come courting.

In 20 years I had sold more records for RCA than any artist except Elvis Presley.

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

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.

There were very few black people in Montana but we never felt out of place.

I realize I was more of a curiosity to the older Nashville artists than the new ones.