I feel this is a family here, so kinda regardless of whatever happens in your life, you always can come home to the Grand Ole Opry, thank God.

I'm a singer, not a vocal stylist. My breathing is correct; my enunciation is precise. Because of that, I can sing anybody's music. Yet there are stylists whose technical skills are so underdeveloped they can sing only their own songs their own way. They might be remembered for their hits longer than I am. I'll probably be working longer than they are. I can sing whatever the times and the trends demand.

When I'm with my wife, I know she's a beautiful woman. I know that, and more than that, it's what she is inside. She's beautiful inside; she loves music like I do. That's the thing that brought us together and probably keeps us together.

Work for the fun of it, and the money will arrive some day.

Music is not just my passion it's my companion.

You can walk out on me tonight, if you think that it ain't feeling right, but darling, there's no getting over me.

Now is now, and I live everything one day at a time. The fact that I'm still on the planet and able to still make music is such a miracle.