I was well traveled, and I created this illusion of literacy through reading and writing. I wrote a book of short stories.

Songwriting is as much a craft as a talent.

Nobody knows a hit before it's a hit.

I never hid out. I was never big enough a star.

I have my own religion. I'm sort of one-quarter Baptist, one-quarter Catholic, one-quarter Jewish.

It's Faster horses, Younger women, Older whiskey and More money.

I have had hundreds of people work for me over the years, and I don't think I ever fired anybody.