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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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