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

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

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.

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.

My brothers and sisters all sang, too, and they all have good voices.

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

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