The biggest mistake I ever made was snorting cocaine. The second biggest mistake was I didn't realize that show business was two words.

In France it was Joan of Arc; in the Crimea it was Florence Nightingale; in the deep south there was Rosa Parks; in India there was Mother Teresa and in Florida there was Katherine Harris.

I decided that I'm not going to pound my fist anymore at those folks and at laws that I can't change.

Nashville will never be the same.

I've been successful, and I'm grateful for that.

We've got to remember the Book says the devil "walketh about the earth to and fro seeking who he may devour", and he nearly got me and he had me for a while. It didn't mean that I was no longer a Christian or that God had disowned me.

Country music will never be the same.