As far back as I can remember, the radio held a special fascination for me.

No one church has all the answers or the perfect map to the Promised Land, and I prefer to work out my own faith and my own convictions in the seclusion of my own mind.

There only have been two people on this earth that I was nervous around: Chet Atkins and Mickey Mantle. It's because of the respect I have for them.

I think there's enough room in country music for everybody.

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

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.

Baseball got into my blood early and I worked harder at it than anything.