Get rhythm when you get the blues.

Prisoners are the greatest audience that an entertainer can perform to.

[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.

I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die.

I wear black for those who never read or listen to the words that Jesus said, about the road to happiness, through love and charity.

Of emotions, of love, of breakup, of love and hate and death and dying, mama, apple pie, and the whole thing. It covers a lot of territory, country music does.

The more I learn, the more excited I get.