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

I am a fan of history.

My best album is called In Search Of A Song. That was my best shot right there. My finest hour, as they say. I could listen to the whole thing all the way through. There's nothing really crammed into it.

When I first got to Nashville, somebody said that [Kris Kristofferson and I] were the only two people who could describe Dolly Parton without using their hands.

Nobody knows a hit before it's a hit.

A monkey was the President, though maybe not the first. And there was peace and harmony throughout the universe.

I took up a sort of a hobby of just hanging around the local library. I'd pick out an author and I would read all their books.