God Ain't no stained glass window, cause he never keeps his window closed.

Sam Phillips responded most to a song of mine called, "Hey Porter," which was on the first record.

Sam Phillips always encouraged me to do it my way, to use whatever other influences I wanted, but never to copy...if there hadn't been a Sam Phillips, I might still be working in a cotton field.

My father was a man of love. He always loved me to death. He worked hard in the fields, but my father never hit me. Never. I don't ever remember a really cross, unkind word from my father.

A person knows when it just seems to feel right to them. Listen to your heart.

It's like a novelist writing far out things. If it makes a point and makes sense, then people like to read that. But if it's off in left field and goes over the edge, you lose it. The same with musical talent, I think.

We're all in this together if we're in it at all.