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.

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

I went around the corner to motion pictures.

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