The poetry of country music will survive.

It evoked Picasso and Miles Davis for me — two great artists who totally indulged themselves in their work and who they were, but they certainly didn't give a damn what other people thought.

If you're dedicated, if it's something that lives and breathes in your heart, then you've simply got to go ahead and do it.

I figure as an artist the best thing you can do is follow your heart - and if your heart is marketable, then you win.

I am deeply saddened by the loss of my children`s grandfather and my very dear friend. I loved big John with all my heart. ... Johnny Cash will, like Will Rogers, stand forever as a symbol of intelligence, creativity, compassion and common sense.

The poetry of country music will survive.

Time to go inward, man, I hope I have the nerve, to take inventory of the causes that I serve.