I learned from my mom that you should always try to enjoy life, no matter what.

Music's supposed to come from the heart. I felt like that if it ever got mechanical, I was going to back away from it.

had no excuses for the things that we'd done, we were brave, we crazy, we were mostly young.

We call it drunk philosophy. You have a few beers and you become a lot smarter.

I was on one bus with my band and crew for seven years. I didn't come to town with a karaoke tape. I didn't get on a TV show. There were no shortcuts. Anybody who wants to follow my model is welcome to it. You don't want to follow my path.

If I'm 40 years old and wearing a 30 waist, that's pretty good.

When old Bobby does Elvis, you swear it's the real mccoy. Another Friday night in the life of a country boy.