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

We're first on executions. We're 49th in funding public education. We're in a race with Mississippi for the bottom, and we're winning.

My plan is to bring back like the Bracero Program from 1944 that ran for 20 years where the Mexican government vets these people. I mean, they pay for it, and they get green cards, and they're actually legitimate. And then seal the border.

Most people, of course, spend their lives caring about the wrong things. The worry about South Africa or Nicaragua. They spend so much time finding themselves that they lose their taxicabs. They don't see that what kind of napkin you get at a delicatessen is a matter of much significance in the world today. That's why they don't get linen.

All my adult life I've been in the practice of giving advice to people who are happier than I am.

I'd felt that a man without a woman was like a neck without a pain.

I believe that voices like Ross Perot, Pat Buchanan, Ralph Nader should be heard. They don't have to be president. Give 'em a chance.