I wear the black for those who never read.

We'll all be equal under the grass, and God's got a heaven for country trash.

You miss a lot of opportunities by making mistakes, but that's part of it: knowing that you're not shut out forever, and that there's a goal you still can reach.

However, neither he nor anyone else could have become the star Elvis was. Ain't nobody like Elvis. Never was.

I used to sing Bill Monroe songs. And I'd sing Dennis Day songs like songs that he sang on the Jack Benny show.

What I said, what are you [Rick Rubin] going to do with me that nobody else has been able to do to sell records with me?

Being rich means you get to worry about everything except money.