Today they forget you in five years. They give an artist nowadays four or five years and that's it. Some of them don't have that. They get a couple of releases. If you don't sell two million copies, you're gone, you're out of here.

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.

God bless the boys from Memphis, blue suede shoes, and Elvis.

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

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

I'd rather sing a sad song than eat.

Country fans need to support country music by buying albums and concert tickets for traditional artists or the music will just fade away. And that would be really sad.