I suffer from the curse of being multi-talented. There's no doubt about it. Politics and literature have gotten in the way of songwriting.

One thing we are sure of is there's no one like Nelson Mandela out there. That's too bad for us.

Seventeen publishers rejected the manuscript, at which time we knew we had something pretty hot.

He looked a shade too healthy and nobody likes that. Particularly in New York.

There is a difference between who is important and who is significant.

The only thing that really differentiates Texas from any other place in the world is the proclivity of its people to urinate outdoors and to attach a certain amount of importance to this popular pastime.

I came from an upper-middle class home, which is always a hard cross for a country singer to bear.