I'm not bitter. Why should I be bitter? I'm thrilled to death with life.

Get rhythm when you get the blues.

I kept talking to my producers at Columbia about recording one of those [prison] shows. So we went into Folsom on February 11, 1968, and recorded a show live.

If you aren't gonna say exactly how and what you feel, you might as well not say anything at all.

When you sing, you pray twice.

My mother always told me that any talent is a gift of God and I always believed it. If I quit, I would just live in front of the television and get fat and die pretty soon.

I have tried drugs and a little of everything else, and there is nothing in the world more soul-satisfying than having the kingdom of God building inside you and growing.