I saw three shrimp in the water, two were old and gray. I swam a little closer, and I heard the third one say, good-bye Mama.

They put me on television. And the whole thing broke loose. It was wild, I tell ya for sure.

The man who can sing when he hasn't got a thing, he's the king of the whole wide world.

Folks always look good in their coffins.

I'm trying to keep a level head. You have to be careful out in the world. It's so easy to get turned.

I'm not kidding myself. My voice alone is just an ordinary voice. What people come to see is how I use it. If I stand still while I'm singing, I'm dead, man. I might as well go back to driving a truck.

You're just a natural beehive, filled with honey to the top. Well, I ain't greedy baby, all I want is all you got.