There will always be those who feel more comfortable not venturing from the warmth of the hearth, but there are those who prefer to look out the window and wonder what is beyond the horizon.

Whatever thrills you, anything you love to do, just say - Someday, I will.

I was hungry and went out for a bite, ran into a chum with a bottle of rum and we wound up drinking all night.

When they tried to draft me, I earned a college degree.

I just thank God I don't live in a trailer.

That to me is the way any good romantic would look at his life: Live it first, then write it down before you go.

I can only say the first thing that pops into my mind is I remember, years ago, seeing kind of a has-been country singer working - when I first moved to Nashville - in a bar in a Holiday Inn.