On the Richter scale of love and romance, you've hit a twelve.

I used to do a lot of interviews in the early '80s, when my career started, but it came to a point when I decided I didn't want to talk anymore, and people kind of understood that and left me alone.

You know, traditional country music is something that's going to be around forever.

My son had toyed with the idea of writing and trying to write a little bit, so that kind of gave me the bug to write also.

Even though I've been doing it for so long, I still feel fresh. Even when I walk out on stage, I still feel pretty much the same as I've always felt.

I ain't rich, but Lord I'm free. Amarillo by morning, Amarillo is where I'll be.

Let me tell you a secret about a father's love,/A secret that my daddy said was just between us.”/He said, “Daddies don't just love their children every now and then./It's a love without end, amen, it's a love without end, amen.