Call him drunken Ira Hayes, he won't answer any more. Not the whiskey drinking Indian, nor the Marine that went to war.

[Sam Phillips] laughed at me. I just didn't like the way I Walk The Line sounded to me. I didn't know I sounded that way. And I didn't like it. I don't know. But he said let's give it a chance, and it was just a few days until - that's all it took to take off.

Life and love go on, let the music play.

I wear black because I'm comfortable in it. But then in the summertime when it's hot I'm comfortable in light blue.

Everybody was wearing rhinestones, all those sparkly clothes, and cowboy boots. I decided to wear a black shirt and pants and see if I could get by with it. I did and I've worn black clothes ever since.

Those that have lived longer than us always have something to teach us, that we can take with us for the rest of our lives.

There's a lot of things blamed on me that never happened. But then, there's a lot of things that I did that I never got caught at.