I learned to tune a guitar by ear. That method has served me pretty well.

Once your name becomes well known, politicians come courting.

I've seen people who have been coming to my shows for 25 years.

Performing is an experience, for me, that is as humbling as it is energizing.

There are worse things than being thought a Republican.

I'm not James Brown. I'm not Sam Cooke. I'm Charley Pride. I'm just me and that's what you got.

I was sometimes jeered by black soldiers who wanted me to sing something besides country music.