You can raise her up a lady but there's one thing you just can't avoid.

I only record songs that I really like and believe in and can sing with conviction.

Guitar playing is not my strong suit. I cut my finger off, working in an oil field, and it don't work anymore, so I'm limited as to what I can do on the guitar.

You're gonna miss this, you're gonna want this back. You're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast. These are some good times, so take a good look around. You may not know it now, but you're gonna miss this.

I have always loved Waffle House. It's been like an oasis in the desert many times late at night after one of my concerts.

George Jones was my friend and I loved him.

I've never been trained as an actor. I'm no Phillip Seymour Hoffman or Johnny Depp.