I would just like to say thank you to each one of my fans for supporting me all these years and continuing to come to the concerts and buy my music. I owe them everything.

There's nothing prettier in the world than a melody. I can get lost in a song with a melody.

I've had a lot of practice and wrong's what I do best.

I took my $100,000 and bought a new Corvette, a lot of cocaine, and spent the rest on foolishness.

I'd rather sing a sad song than eat.

You can shut out the world. But you always have to stop, and the world is always waiting when you do.

Anybody who loves country music loves gospel. Even they are competing with the same type of problem that I'm competing with. We older artists are competing with the new style of country, with their new modern style of gospel, with the young people.