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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.