There is a spiritual side to me that goes real deep, but I confess right up front that I'm the biggest sinner of them all.

I worked there [on Pontiac] three weeks, got really sick of it, went back home and joined the Air Force.

Being rich means you get to worry about everything except money.

It was kind of a prodding myself to play I Walk The Line straight.

I start a lot more songs than I finish, because I realize when I get into them, they're no good. I don't throw them away, I just put them away, store them, get them out of sight.

My way of communicating with God as a boy (and often even now) was through the lyrics of a song. . . . So I didn't have the problem some people do who say, "I don't know how to pray." I used the songs to communicate with God. . . . To me, songs were the telephone to heaven, and I tied up the line quite a bit.

My arms are too short to box with God.