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.

A new artist today has to get their teeth fixed, has to tighten their jeans up, and they have to get 'em the right kind of hat, and if anything's wrong with their nose, if it's a little crooked, it's got to be straightened up.

Loneliness is lessened when you're lonely by choice.

I'd rather sing a sad song than eat.

I lay my head on the wheel and the horn begins honking, the whole neighborhood knows that I'm home drunk again.

Everybody knows in the business how I feel about country music. I'm an old traditionalist. Then they just call me an old man and stuck in my old ways, but with all the fans I've got out there, I can't be all that wrong. I do love traditional country music. I love the good stuff.

He stopped loving her today, they placed a wreath upon his door.