I don't like to talk about things where you're going to gt one side or the other unhappy. My music has no politics.

There's never going to be another Patsy Cline. Without her, I don't think I would have lasted.

I try to visit people in hospitals when I can, smiling and joking while I'm there. But when I leave, I just start crying.

When I first came to Nashville, people hardly gave country music any respect. We lived in old cars and dirty hotels, and we ate when we could.

Once in a while I get inspired and finish my act with the hillbilly hoedown.

I've seen every highway in the United States, and they all look alike to me.

I wasn't for Vietnam. When I told that to the hippie newspaper, all my people got nervous.