I'm just another Opry entertainer. I'm not the start of the Opry, and I'm not the ending. I'm not the Alpha, and I'm not the Omega. It's been a pleasure taking part in the Opry and country music these many years. I'm part of a big operation.

I've done a whole lot of things. I've had the pleasure of introducing two presidents, several senators and congressmen.

I'm just another Opry entertainer. I'm not the start of the Opry, and I'm not the ending. I'm not the Alpha, and I'm not the Omega. It's been a pleasure taking part in the Opry and country music these many years. I'm part of a big operation.

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

Any game you play, you got to lose sometime.

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

Don't be a blueprint. Be an original.