I never knew any Jews until I got into show business. I've found them to be real smart and good workers.

I get along with all the women singers, but especially Dolly Parton. We talk the same hillbilly language.

I've always been full of nervous energy, but I'm not really as happy as I seem.

Sometimes they work, and sometimes they just won't. Sometimes you get hung up on them. When that happens, you just throw it back, and maybe come back to it two or three weeks later.

All music is based on country music. And that's why so many different kinds of people relate to it. There are more country music fans in New Jersey than there are down South.

You have to be first, different, or great. If you're one of them, you may make it.

I'm proud of being part Cherokee, and I think it's time all us Indians felt the same way.