I was always a dreamer, in childhood especially. People thought I was a little strange.

A lot of celebrities relish politics and are eager to lend their names to candidates and causes. I never wanted to be a spokesman for anybody.

Once your name becomes well known, politicians come courting.

Johnny Duncan was one of the first opening acts I hired for my show, and he is the one who initiated me into astrology. I got hooked. It made a lot of sense to me.

I always wanted to grow up fast. I longed for more than the Mississippi Delta could give.

Until MTV, television had not been a huge influence on music. To compete with MTV, the country music moguls felt they had to appeal to the same young audience and do it the way MTV did.

Fans are what make a performer and I've always taken them seriously.