There, gleaming in the glow, was that ten-horsepower rotary engine under a seat. A key glistening in the ignition. I imagine the top speed for that old mower was five miles per hour. It might have taken an hour and a half or more for me to get to the liquor store, but get there I did.

There are questions I'm still not wise enough to answer, just wise enough to no longer ask.

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

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.

I just want to keep living on and enjoying food! Even though I'm gaining weight, I want to record if the Lord wants me to still record, and I just want to do my work on the road as long as I got those fans out there.

If you're gonna drive me crazy baby, drive me to drink.

Different people have their ways of measuring success, maybe it's not the right way but wrong's what I do best.