Jerry Reed Quotes

I mean, it's pretty hard to fight and hate and be angry when you're making music, isn't it?

I got my first guitar at age of 7 and never laid it down. Momma taught me G, C, and D. I was off to the races son!

When people ask me what my motivation is, I have a simple answer: money.

There are only four or five real events that we have that draw that many people into town each year. We should have at least 12; and once we have 12, we can have 24.

You can have music and it will stand alone by itself, but you can't have a movie without it.

I am very grateful to God everyday that my eyes flutter open and I can jump out of that bed!

She Got The Gold Mine, I Got the Shaft.

Pray for intestinal fortitude, work hard, and keep the faith. Oh, and pray for good luck, you're gonna need it.

She's wearing a ring that I bought on sale, and that makes her the property of this U.S. Male.

Smokey and The Bandit was just a lark. All we did was run up and down those Georgia roads wrecking cars and having the time of our life.

I have spent over 60 years bent over a guitar and to know that I wrote 70 compositions that masters have recorded, that makes me feel so good and full, and proud and thankful to the good Lord.

Music is the most powerful thing on this earth, and it's hard to be angry when you are listening to music.

I used to watch people like Richard Burton and Mel Gibson and think, 'I could never do that.

When I was a kid of six or seven, I used to get up on the stove woodpile for a stage and I'd put on the wildest show.

I used to get on a stove wood pile at 5-6 years old and I would have a piece of stove wood and kindling bark as a pick, and I was a star.

When Amos Moses was a boy his daddy would use him for alligator bait, tie a rope around his neck and throw him in the swamp.

It is not a character fault or weakness or seeking attention. It is somebody who is ill.

I went around the corner to motion pictures.

When you're hot your hot, when you're not your not.

I put on your sequined ball gown and I checked the mirror there. Why, I looked like Cindy Crawford, but with much more body hair.

Well I thought my pickin' would set them on fire, but nobody wanted to hire a guitar man.

We want Old Town Square to be a focal point for fun in Bandera, a place where locals can hold their special events and meetings, or just visit us for a relaxing dinner with friends on the patio. Likewise, tourists can use Old Town Square as a home base during their visit to Bandera. They can stay overnight and dine with us, but also explore all that Bandera has to offer. This was the place to come to. We want to make it that kind of place again.