Guitar playing is very important to me. It's like golf to some other people; it's important to me that I play good.

I've always known that I was a gifted person. ... I've always felt like I would be punished, severely, if I didn't continue to make use of that gift. It's very important that you don't let the muscle get flabby. It's really hard, as an old human being, to press as much weight as you pressed when you were a kid.

The guitar's not all that expensive either, when you compare it to gettin' a toothpulled or something.

It's easier to force feed people than it is to give 'em what they want. It makes more money.

My second wife Bonnie Owens and I worked together after we divorced for a period of maybe 20 years. And I managed to stay friends with another wife. And then there's one that I don't mess with. Everybody's got one of those.

I don't think there's ever been a friendly divorce.

We're bar room buddies and we're the best kind, nobody messes with that friend of mine. Chug-a-lug-a-lug-a-lugga, bar room buddy of mine.