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.

The time I spent thinking about how I was better than somebody else or worrying about somebody else's attitude was time I could put to better use.

If Detroit was a watershed concert for me, traveling with Willie Nelson through Texas and Louisiana was a milestone of a different sort.

A fan will grab you and hug you and will not let go. When that happens, you wish it could be that way all over the world.

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.