Be real about what you do. Stay true to the voice inside you. Don't let the 'business' change what it is you love because the people, the fans, respond to what is heartfelt. They can always tell when a singer is faking it.

If drinking don't kill me, her memory will.

I hear some new artists that sound country but the record labels and country radio lean more toward a more rock feel for what gets signed to a label and played on the radio.

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.

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

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

I'd rather sing a sad song than eat.