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

Any game you play, you got to lose sometime.

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.

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

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

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

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.