When I'd tell people I like country music they'd get this look on their faces. People were kind of ashamed of country.

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

There's always been a man telling me what to do.

The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.

Me and my partner, Conway Twitty, cleaned up at the 1972 Country Music Association Awards.

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