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

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!

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

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

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