I wear black for those who never read or listen to the words that Jesus said, about the road to happiness, through love and charity.

This business I'm in is different. It's special. The people around me feel like brothers and sisters. We hardly know each other, but we're that close; somehow there's been an immediate bonding between total strangers. We share each other's triumphs, and when one of us gets hurt, we all bleed - it's corny, I know, but it's true. I've never experienced anything like this before. It's great. It turns up the heat in life.

People ask me who is my favorite country artist. I say, you mean besides George Jones.

I've always explored various areas of society. And I love the young people. And I had an empathy for prisoners and did concerts for them back when I thought that it would make a difference - you know? - that they really were there to be rehabilitated.

I love to go to the studio and stay there 10 or 12 hours a day. I love it. What is it? I don't know. It's life.

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

I admit I'm a fool for you, because your mine, I walk the line.