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

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

God bless little children while they're still too young to hate.

Songwriting is as much a craft as a talent.

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.

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