Television made a lot of difference in country music. It's progress. I believe in progress.

Put your trust in the Lord and go ahead. Worry gets you no place.

The greatest thing the Democrats have ever done for me was to defeat me for the governor of Tennessee.

You've got to capture an audience. You don't go out there and just sing, or just play. If you can't capture an audience, you might as well not be out there.

Television made a lot of difference in country music. It's progress. I believe in progress.

My health is good; it's my age that's bad.

I don't owe one man one cent. Anywhere.