And then, when I started to school, I found out I couldn't talk.

But in those days - in the mid-'50s, early '60s - there was less than 300 radio stations that were playing country music and a lot of that wasn't full time.

And then, when I started to school, I found out I couldn't talk.

I didn't get to meet Hank Williams. I was in the Air Force on Okinawa when he passed away.

And my daddy could play a harmonica and also the guitar, so I guess I got a little bit from both of 'em, but I think mostly from my mother's side of the family.

But if you put a script up in front of me to read, or a cue card, I couldn't do it without stuttering.

But I've got a lot of ideas, I bought me a ranch in Florida and I still have my farm in Ashland City, Tennessee so I'm gonna spend a little time at each one of those places and you'll probably hear some more songs out of me.