I've never wanted anybody to like me because I had long hair or short hair, or that they liked the way I dressed or they liked the way I dressed or they liked the way I smile.

If there ever was a poet for the working class Billy Joe Shaver and Merle Haggard would be my nomination

Teach my children to love! They'll learn to hate on their own

I've never wanted anybody to like me because I had long hair or short hair, or that they liked the way I dressed or they liked the way I dressed or they liked the way I smile.

I've written songs about things that nobody else has ever written about.

Freedom cannot be given... It can only be taken away.

Now I lay me down to cheat on the woman I love so, and if I die between these sheets I pray to God she'll never know.