She gave her heart to Jethro and her body to the whole wide world.

I love winners when they cry, losers when they try.

Songwriting is as much a craft as a talent.

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.

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

I love coffee in a cup, little fuzzy pups, bourbon in a glass, and grass.

Young kids are doing the same thing I did, but they're doing it differently. They don't do brain surgery the way they used to do it either.