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

There's a lot of things blamed on me that never happened. But then, there's a lot of things that I did that I never got caught at.

You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.

You're so heavenly minded, you're no earthly good.

The fire and excitement may be gone now that we don't go out there and sing them anymore, but the ring of fire still burns around you and I, keeping our love hotter than a pepper sprout.

He drank his first strong liquor then to calm his shaking hand, and tried to tell himself at last he had become a man.

I used to sing Bill Monroe songs. And I'd sing Dennis Day songs like songs that he sang on the Jack Benny show.