I loved being outside. We'd hold lightning bugs in our fingers and pretend they were diamond rings.

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

Write about the truth. If you write about the truth, somebody's living that. Not just somebody, there's a lot of people.

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

I've been around a long time, and life still has a whole lot of surprises for me.

Daddy was real gentle with kids. That's why I expected so much out of marriage, figuring that all men should be steady and pleasant.

I've seen country music go uptown, like we say, and I'm proud I was there when it happened.