We have been lied to and terrorized by our own government, and it is time to take action.

When you live in hysteria, people start thinking emotionally.

I think it's ridiculous to try to sell records to teenagers, because teenagers don't buy my records. And there ain't that many teenagers out there in the marketplace.

Dear Mr. President, can I ask you a question, when the bombs fall down will they hurt everyone in my family?

Country sure has changed in the last 10 years. It was one thing, then it was another. Country has slowly marched toward a rock beat and rock preservation. Country artists of today. Man! That's how I used to sound in the '80s.

I'm wide open and will entertain anything anybody has to say, but if it's MTV and radio, well, they're great things, but can't be the only thing. I don't know that it would work even for the Beatles.

It's a lonely ol' night. Can I put my arms around you?