Jesus will not fail me, I shall not be moved.

Come on boys, you must listen unto me, lay off the whiskey and let that cocaine be.

I'm not really concerned about boundaries. I just follow my conscience and my heart. Follow your heart. That's what I do. Compassion is something I have a lot of, because I've been through a lot of pain in my life. Anybody who has suffered a lot of pain has a lot of compassion.

Beneath the stains of time the feeling disappears, you are someone else I am still right here.

Life is - the way God has given it to me was just a platter - a golden platter of life laid out there for me. It's been beautiful.

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

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.