When you get a little older, you think, I'd like to make a little money and stick it away or buy a place - or win the world championship.

My best year I made $25,000. Of course, that was back in the '70s.

I don't know what makes a guy want to write songs and sing, but if you've got a message, you want to get it across. When I come up with an idea about the way I feel, I can really state it strongly in a song.

I only won $250 all summer. And then I got crippled. I had a horse step on me while performing and it was messed up for a while.

My partner and I won the race, and I threw my hat into the air and bent to pick it up. Everyone started laughin' because I had split the back end of my pants out, and I wasn't wearing shorts.

Sometimes a hard day's work is easier than a lot of things you can meet in life.

Why not just do something a little more on the gentle side?