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.

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

I've always said that if I could have made a living someway in gospel music, I would have loved to had that break, but it never was offered to me, a job in that field, so naturally, I got lost on that other road.

You can't put this possum in a cage

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

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

It didn't make much difference what time of night it was, whenever [my father would] come in drunk, he'd say, "Get up and sing me some songs." We didn't want to sing but we sang.