My daddy left home when I was three and he didn't leave much to Ma and me, just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze.

God's the final judge for Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash too. That's solely in the hands of God.

Understand your man, meditate on it.

[My father] did every kind of work imaginable from painting to shoveling to herding cattle. And he's always been such an inspiration to me because of the very kinds of things that he did and the kind of life he lived.

You know, the man's best friend is his dog... if he's got nothing else.

When I was arrested I was dressed in black

So I simply don't buy the concept of "Generation X" as the "lost generation." I see too many good kids out there, kids who are ready and willing to do the right thing, just as Jack was. Their distractions are greater, though. There's no more simple life with simple choices for the young.